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Mason Mount (left) and Callum Hudson-Odoi should cheer more distantly in the future
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Cheering is part of the goal - at Chelsea, that's no longer welcome.
For fear of being infected with the corona virus, the team, which also includes the two former Bundesliga players Kai Havertz and Timo Werner, should no longer come together in a group after a goal and cheer together.
It is about minimizing the risks as much as possible, said team manager Frank Lampard: "We are working very seriously to have the greatest possible social distancing on the training grounds."
The Premier League and the English FA issued a joint statement on Thursday evening in which they called on the clubs to comply with the Covid guidelines more intensively - especially on the field.
Lampard demands that "instinct" be suppressed
There are many "group hugs when you win a five-on-five in training," said Lampard, this cheering is certainly easier to stop than when a player "scores the winning goal in a Premier League game."
The point is that the professionals should suppress their "instinct" a little.
A particularly contagious mutation of the virus is raging in England.
According to media reports, the Premier League players should therefore once again be particularly sensitized to refrain from collective jubilation.
Due to Covid 19 cases, numerous games had to be postponed recently.
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