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Mauricio Isla is one of the great absences of the National Team for the match against Uruguay. El Huaso, who had tested positive for Covid-19, awaits authorization to enter Chile to dispute at least the clash against Colombia. I already knew in advance that I would not be able to enter the Uruguayan country. And yet he plays in Brazil: he played the 90 minutes yesterday in Flamengo’s triumph over Sport Recife, for Brasileirao. His presence in the duel against the coffee growers seems closer: the second PCR test was negative. According to this parameter, the Huaso will be able to enter Chile. In Juan Pinto Durán they hope that he will do it tomorrow and that he will immediately make himself available to Reinaldo Rueda.
Such was the confusion regarding the disparity of protocols that not even the shots to reproach the measures that impede the participation of Huaso in the clash against Celeste had a well-defined target. “Isla is enabled in the Brasileirao, by Conmebol, but the Uruguayan protocol does not allow it. I do not share it, but it has to be respected, ”Reinaldo Rueda complained in the virtual press conference he offered before the match against Celeste, precisely pointing to the mess that the existence of additional requirements to the health bubble established by the entity that created Alejandro Domínguez presides for the transit of the delegations that will settle the quotas for the World Cup in Qatar.
The Chilean health ministry, and occasionally the head of the portfolio, Enrique Paris, was the object of criticism before the journalistic appearance of the Colombian technician, because in the ANFP they hoped that Isla could at least take advantage of the work week with his colleagues, to knowing that he could not enter Montevideo. Chile is, in fact, one of the two countries that establishes additional requirements for the passage of footballers who come from abroad. One of them is swabbing at the airport. And with Isla there was no exception.
The case of Isla is paradigmatic. In principle, it reflects in equal parts the relaxation of the measurements on one side and the rigidity on the other. In Brazil, for example, it is not even mandatory to wear masks on the street. El Huaso had to quarantine after the positive test he tested when trying to enter Ecuador with the Rio de Janeiro team, but after the period of confinement he is already considered ‘non-contagious’, at least according to medical parameters. Hence, from Pinto Durán they even urged to ask Paris, for the reasons that prevented his entry to the country to prepare the duel against the Charrúa and for the uncertainty regarding the option of having him for the clash against Colombia.
Andrés Vilches was also left out of the payroll, although for a different reason. The Calerano did not even test positive, but fell from the payroll by strictly Chilean criteria: as it was close contact of a positive, he had to undergo a preventive quarantine for 14 days. If he had been in Brazil, he could have continued playing without problems. And to enter Uruguay he would not have had any problems either, since his PCR test would have been negative.
According to medical parameters, at least those who wield in the Red, after a 14-day quarantine, the positives are not contagious. That is the key to understanding that they are authorized to play according to the protocol established in Conmebol. However, this principle clashes with the position of governments. The Uruguayan, of course, prevents entry before a new negative PCR. The Ecuadorian, on the other hand, does not require quarantine, but does require a negative test upon admission. For this reason, as an example, Flamengo could play against Barcelona, for the Copa Libertadores, but Isla had to stay on the sidelines.
In Brazil, meanwhile, they don’t even ask for the test. The requirement goes the other way: whoever comes from abroad should only have international medical insurance. In Paraguay, on the other hand, the quarantine criterion is reduced to 10 days, the same as established by the Conmebol protocol. In the entity that governs South American football, they defend this parameter and point out that they cannot develop specific rules for each country.
The matter has been subject to friction. For example, it is worth remembering that when Conmebol established the health bubble to allow the resumption of the Copa Libertadores, the Chilean government reacted and warned that it would impose its criteria. “The decision of the games to be played in Chile will be made by Chile, considering the health context, not by Conmebol or any other body. This type of proposal must be analyzed in the midst of a pandemic that is very dynamic and unpredictable, so anticipating what will happen in a few months is, at least, hasty, “declared, on August 7, the Minister of Sport , Cecilia Pérez.
The Chilean position forced Conmebol to back down. Even the threat of taking away the seats of the teams of countries whose governments did not accept the proposal. Six days later, the entity that governs South American football backed down and refined the formation of coordination teams with governments, including the Chilean one. It was not until August 20 that La Moneda approved the prevention policies established by the entity based in Paraguay.
