Male: Indian Super League (ISL) side Bengaluru FC have been told to leave Maldives on Sunday (May 9) by the nation’s sports minister after some players of the BFC breached the COVID-19 protocols. The Blues were scheduled play against home side Eagles FC in the AFC cup playoff game but the game has been postponed.
Unacceptable behavior from @bengalurufc breaching the strict guidelines from HPA & @theafcdotcom.
The club should leave 🇲🇻 immediately as we can’t entertain this act.
We honoured the commitment we gave a few months back even with the surge in cases & pressure from the public. https://t.co/RXxma0hyjm
— Ahmed Mahloof (@AhmedMahloof) May 8, 2021
“Unacceptable behaviour from Bengaluru fc breaching the strict guidelines from HPA” added Ahmed Mahloof, the Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment minister taking twitter to show his disgust after reports emerged about some of the BFC players were roaming in the streets of Male breaching the necessary protocols, “The club should leave. immediately as we can’t entertain this act.
The Asian Football Confederation took matters in their hands postponing all the AFC Cup south zone group stage matches in the Maldives although they did not spoke about revised dates for the games.
“Participating clubs who have travelled to Maldives will be required to arrange for their return home while adhering to the COVID-19 health and travel protocols put in place by the country,” stated AFC
“At the same time, the AFC is in contact with all other participating clubs and officials who have not entered the Maldives to cancel their travel arrangements.”
