{"id":15308,"date":"2012-10-05T17:33:12","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T15:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/10\/soccer-brazil-coach-criticises-argentine-fa-for-friendly-farce\/"},"modified":"2012-10-05T17:33:12","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T15:33:12","slug":"soccer-brazil-coach-criticises-argentine-fa-for-friendly-farce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/soccer-brazil-coach-criticises-argentine-fa-for-friendly-farce\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer-Brazil coach criticises Argentine FA for friendly farce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">RIO DE JANEIRO<\/span> Oct 5 (Reuters) &#8211; The Argentine FA (AFA) insulted fans by trying to stage Wednesday&#8217;s friendly against Brazil in a small, provincial stadium that was cancelled by a floodlight failure, said Brazil coach Mano Menezes.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) said on its website (www.conmebol.com) that the countries had agreed to make a new attempt to play the match, which was called off after the teams had taken the field and lined up for the anthems.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Conmebol, however, said the date and venue of a future meeting have yet to be decided.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I haven&#8217;t experienced anything like this for a long time, the last time was probably with a junior match in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul (state),&#8221; Menezes told the Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper in an interview.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Football&#8217;s image has been damaged&#8230;the supporters are the most important part of the game and they were disrespected by the Argentine Football Association&#8217;s (AFA) decision to take the game to a stadium which didn&#8217;t offer conditions for a game of this standard.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not right to submit the visiting team to a situation like this and, obviously, you shouldn&#8217;t subject the fans to waiting for a game that never happened.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The AFA had chosen the Centenario stadium in the northern city of Resistencia for the game in which both teams had agreed to field only players from domestic leagues.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The stadium, which has a capacity of 35,000, is used as the home venue for Sarmiento de Resistencia which play in the Torneo Argentina B, the fourth tier of Argentine football.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIO DE JANEIRO Oct 5 (Reuters) &#8211; The Argentine FA (AFA) insulted fans by trying to stage Wednesday&#8217;s friendly against Brazil in a small, provincial stadium that was cancelled by a floodlight failure, said Brazil coach Mano Menezes. 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