07/22/2021 18:25
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 07/22/2021 6:25 PM
Boca's black night at Atlético Mineiro began with the VAR scandal in the Copa Libertadores, continued with the incidents in the Mineirao dressing rooms and ended after spending twelve hours in a bus parked at the door of a Belo Horizonte police station.
However, when the plane that was transferring to the campus landed in Ezeiza, they learned that the government forced Russo's team to isolate it, considering that it had broken the health bubble on its trip.
From there, the club took Conmebol out of its sights and put it in the Professional Football League, attentive to the possibility of rescheduling the matches this Saturday against Banfield and Tuesday with San Lorenzo for dates 2 and 3 of the local tournament.
As he did not have the majority of his delegation, Seba Battaglia would have to be the coach and a formation full of youths with Edwin Cardona would appear on the court.
This Thursday, Boca sent a letter to the LPF, addressed to its president Marcelo Tinelli.
The La Ribera club argues that the club cannot play the matches based on a "government imposition" and that this situation does not fit within the League's regulations that establish that "clubs may not request rescheduling for issues related to the Covid-19 pandemic ".
A while after the letter signed by the president of Boca Jorge Ameal was made public, the institution shared a statement to make its request even more solid.
And there he assures that Tinelli himself verbally accepted Xeneize's request.
"The Boca Juniors Athletic Club informs that, attentive to the public knowledge situation, we have received the verbal notification, on the part of the president of the League Marcelo Hugo Tinelli, of the suspension of the party that we had to dispute against Banfield next Saturday" begins the text.
The arrival of Boca to Ezeiza.
Photo: Germán García Adrasti.
In turn, as if to propose another alternative in case the game has to be played, from Boca they make the official request to set up a "sanitary corridor" so that the players can go from the hotel where they are isolated to the Banfield stadium. to play the game on Saturday night.
In that case, the Ministry of Health would have to give its approval.
"On the other hand, we want to inform that if the game were to be played, the first-rate professional team will carry out the corresponding PCRs, and will play the game since, as reported to the Ministry of Health yesterday , at no time did the bubble burst, "insists Boca in its statement.
Boca's note is completed with reports from Conmebol and the Consulate that was following the alternatives for the team's trip to Belo Horizonte.
An endless journey and difficult to forget.
The LPF denies that there is any kind of agreement to suspend Saturday's match with Banfield and this Friday they will address the issue in a meeting in which all the leaders will finish defining how the issue is resolved.
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