SAO PAULO: The increasingly bitter battle between club and country took a new twist on Wednesday when two Brazilian players were obliged to abandon the national side and return to their club in Russia, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said. Striker Malcom and midfielder Claudinho “received cons
SAO PAULO: The increasingly bitter battle between club and country took a new twist on Wednesday when two Brazilian players were obliged to abandon the national side and return to their club in Russia, the Brazilian Football Confederation said.
The nine did not travel for Brazil’s qualifiers against Chile on Sept. 2, Argentina on Sept. 5 and Peru on Sept. 9. The CBF has sent a formal complaint to FIFA and asked that it impose"all the applicable punishments against Zenit".
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