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Champions League: no new cases of Covid-19 for Atlético de Madrid

2020-08-10T14:58:34.530Z


The Spanish club, which plays its quarter-final against Leipzig on Thursday, also revealed on Monday that players Angel Correa and Sime Vrs


UEFA and Atlético de Madrid can be relieved. Three days before its C1 quarter-final against Leipzig, Thursday in Lisbon (9 p.m.), the Madrid club, which announced two cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, did not deplore Monday, August 10, no new contamination after another battery of tests. Something to reassure the European football body as the Final 8 of the Champions League approaches.

The medical results were released in the middle of the day. "The team and support staff underwent further PCR tests yesterday Sunday, and the results were all negative," Atlético reported in a statement. The club also revealed the identity of the two infected players: they are the Argentine winger Angel Correa and the Croatian defender Sime Vrsaljko, both asymptomatic. The second, who was recovering from an injury, was already on the sidelines of the group.

The members of the Madrid delegation supposed to take off Monday night for Portugal, in order to participate in the “Final 8” of the C1, will therefore be able to go there on Tuesday, with the exception of these two infected players.

The quarter-final "scheduled as planned"

All members of the workforce had remained Monday morning at their home, eagerly awaiting the results of these new tests carried out on Sunday, which raised concerns about cascading contaminations since the "Atléti" had carried out a training Saturday after the holding. of the first battery of tests.

Atlético then had to cancel the one scheduled for Monday morning. A session was rescheduled in the afternoon, on the eve of departure for Lisbon, said the club "colchonero".

UEFA, organizer of the Lisbon “Final 8”, followed the results of this new battery of tests with the greatest attention, aware that new contaminations could further weaken the final phase of its competition, organized in an extremely condensed format. , which leaves little room for any postponement of meetings. "The match is scheduled as planned," a spokesperson for the body had soberly reacted in the morning, without further comment.

A drastic medical protocol

The European Confederation remains confident as it has been since the beginning of the summer: it has kept repeating that it did not foresee a plan B for its final tournament, sure of its ability to create a health bubble in the Portuguese capital. And this, despite the upsurge of Covid-19 in Europe and, in particular, at the beginning of the summer in Portugal, where 180 active sources of contamination were still identified last week, with significant restrictions still in force in the capital Lisbon and its suburbs.

Despite the concerns, Atlético appear to have handled the situation as well as Real Madrid had in recent days. Real striker Mariano Diaz had indeed tested positive for Covid-19 before the eighth-final second leg of C1 on Manchester City on Friday, but this case had remained isolated and had not disturbed the holding in any way. of the meeting.

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Anyway, the drastic medical protocol planned by UEFA has seen its first test in recent hours, two days before the first quarter-final scheduled for Wednesday between PSG and Atalanta Bergamo. .

13 healthy players to be able to play a match

These health regulations provide for regular tests for the eight teams: one battery before arriving in Portugal, as well as another on the eve of the first meeting of each club. Each team "must ensure that no person who tests positive can go to the match venue or participate in it", indicates the 33-page protocol issued by UEFA.

To be able to play, a team must have 13 healthy players, including the goalkeeper, according to an annex to the protocol.

If a team does not have 13 players on the “A list” submitted to UEFA in advance, the body “may authorize the rescheduling of the match”. If the match cannot be rescheduled, the team unable to field 13 players “will be held responsible” and will have a match lost by the score of 3 to 0, further provides for the annex.

Source: leparis

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