Israeli Health Ministry's distrust of corona testing • Plan to become the world's first to allow fans to enter stadiums • And the great fear of a player or teammate sticking to the cards • Team vigilance and league administration ahead of Saturday's Premier League return

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Premier League teams are gearing up for the return of the games this Saturday. They train as usual for the real thing, but behind the scenes there is vigilance.

Health ministry leaders and league administration leaders have frequent calls, and the episode only has one concern - the appearance of corona symptoms in one or more players. "As long as this week goes on as usual and there are no sick players, the league will open as usual," they said in the administration. "Nobody wants to think of another option."

In addition, the Chairman of the Erez Administration is very important to pass the week "clean" and without special events such as the halting of the Hapoel Tel Aviv coaching game in front of Ness Ziona last week. The reason is the plan he put on the desk of the Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Itamar Grotto, in which way he thinks the audience should be returned to the plots.

The crowd can return to the stands for another season by being separated into different areas within the stadiums. In stadiums such as Sammy Ofer, Bloomfield, Turner and Teddy, audiences should be allowed in four blocks, but the number of fans who can enter each bid is currently unclear.

Beyond that, there will be a fan-fan separation, and in the beginning, it is a separation of two chairs between people and people in the stands. The Ministry of Health's problem is that there is currently no similar program in the world, as no league in Europe has allowed fans to enter, and Israel does not want to be the first to carry out the pilot.

Maccabi Haifa fans. In the meantime, only through the background // Photo: Alan Shiber

Fear of infection and infection is still great, and the issue of testing has come up in recent discussions. The Israeli Ministry of Health does not believe in corona tests, and internal calls explained to some that some of the recent tests were positive, but in repeated tests the people came out negative to corona. "You can't take such a risk at a football stadium," the head of the administration explained.

The big clubs are patiently waiting for a decision. In any case, teams such as Maccabi Tel Aviv (19,000 subscribers) and Maccabi Haifa (15,000 subscribers), who are eager to receive positive news, will face a problem, because under no circumstances will such a large number of fans and clubs will need to find a creative solution. A lottery or registration for specific games has already gone up, but a final decision is still pending.

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans are also waiting for positive news // Photo: Alan Shiber

As announced here in the section, next week there will be a crucial meeting between Professor Grotto and Elfon regarding the approval of the public's return to the plots. Optimist at this stage, mainly because they did not hear immediate opposition to the idea, but mainly asked to find a plan that could be implemented. But, as mentioned, the condition for all of this is a quiet week in the teams section and the number of players or sick staff will remain zero.