07/21/2020 - 17:44
- Clarín.com
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In Spain the conflict continues and the temperature rises with the passing of the hours. After many voices were raised in an angry tone and complaint about the postponement of the match between Deportivo La Coruña, which fell, and Fuenlabrada due to coronavirus cases while the rest of the last date of the Second Division tournament was disputed the same way, the LaLiga president (who also organizes this championship) spoke and generated more displeasure.
"The last day of the Second match will not be repeated," confirmed Javier Tebas to the Spanish media "Deportes Cuatro". "For three or four weeks we have been warning that we were on the wire and the situation could lead to some problem in a game," said Tebas, who also said that "no Fuenlabrada player had tested positive for PCR and for that's why they traveled to play. "
Javier Tebas, president of the League of Spain, rejected that the last day of the Second game be played again. Photo: EFE
There were 12 cases of COVID-19 that jumped into that team and that made the match with Deportivo be suspended, whose footballers could not play and found out that they had lost the category due to the results of the rest of the date, which did lead to out normally.
Of course: the problem is that what happens in this match that has not been played may have influence in other clubs . For example, if Fuenlabrada wins it will deprive Elche of playing the playoffs for promotion to the First. For this reason, both from La Coruña and Elche and other clubs claimed that the day should have been suspended in its entirety. So now they demand that it be played again.
At Deportivo they refuse to accept the validity of the loss of the category. And this Tuesday it was its former president and historical club leader, Augusto César Lendoiro, who came out to cross Tebas strongly with a curious football comparison: "He increasingly resembles Vinicius from the offices . He makes the great move, escapes from one, escapes from another, reaches the edge of the area, dribbles the goalkeeper and such, but when it comes time to shoot the goal or give it to the teammate, he chooses badly ",
The historic leader of the Galician team was even harder when shooting: " He cannot make those big mistakes. We are the laughingstock of the entire sports world ."
Thebes, for his part, is adamant and even hinted that there could be penalties for clubs for non-compliance with the protocol: "It is the inspectors that each club has that have to see if the protocol has been breached." He admitted that there had been complaints against some teams since the restart, but explained that Fuenlabrada did not belong to this group.
Lastly, he insisted that only the pending match will be played: "Deportivo-Fuenlabrada will be attempted to be played at the time when the players are available," concluded the top man in La Liga.