World footballing governing body, FIFA has opened disciplinary cases against Argentina and Brazil following yesterday’s World cup qualifier between both countries.
Africa Today News, New York reports that this is coming following scenes of fan violence at the Maracanã Stadium, which delayed the kick-off of the World Cup qualifying game.
The Argentina Football Federation (AFA) has been charged with crowd disturbances.
FIFA added that the Brazilian federation was charged with failure to manage security at a game it organised.
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Fights broke out among both sets of supporters after the national anthems.
The teams returned to the dressing rooms and the game eventually began 27 minutes late.
“There were families of the players [there]. We were more worried about that than playing the match,” Argentina captain Lionel Messi said.
Argentina won the game 1-0.
In another report, English heavyweights, Manchester United are currently facing the prospects the embarrassing scenario of being barred from the Champions League due to Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s stake in the club, which is close to being confirmed.
Ratcliffe’s long-running pursuit of a stake in United is on the verge of being rubberstamped, with the Ineos billionaire set to take a 25 per cent portion of the club. Ratcliffe’s £1.3 billion deal will throw up some issues due to his ownership of French side, Nice, who are challenging Paris Saint-Germain for the Ligue 1 title.
With France set to be awarded three automatic places and a play-off spot for next season’s Champions League, Nice have a strong chance of being involved in Europe’s top club competition. Despite their dire start to the season, United will hope to be in the mix too, with the Premier League likely to be granted five spots for the new-look 36-team tournament.
However, Africa Today News, New York understands that under Uefa’s multi-club ownership rules, both sides wouldn’t be able to play in the Champions League. In fact, they would only both be able to play in Europe if one qualifies directly for the Champions League and the other makes it into the Uefa Conference League.