Olympique de Marseille could take sanctions against Argentinian Balerdi and Spaniard Lirola for their participation in an underground party in Spain last Sunday, in violation of elementary precautionary rules in the face of Covid-19.
This is in any case what Jorge Sampaoli, OM coach, suggested in his press conference before the reception in Dijon, this Sunday at 9 p.m.
"We are all very sensitive to what is happening in the world as citizens and I spoke with them so that they know that what is happening is serious," explained the Argentinian technician.
Beyond their youth and their desire to have fun with their friends, they must be aware of the health reality.
"Sampaoli stressed that the club would take a decision, without specifying which one since it will be up to President Pablo Longoria" to explain it ".
Lirola and Balerdi were caught hand in the bag by the Guardia Civil of Badalone while they participated in a party gathering 35 guests in a villa in a tourist district rented for the occasion.
The neighborhood found it suspicious, and above all very annoying, to have to endure the noise nuisance of this event, at 11 p.m., so the curfew was in force in Catalonia.
353 "illegal parties or meetings" in Madrid last weekend
After being denied access by tenants to the house, located in a tourist area, the police had to wait for the owner's authorization to intervene and prevent certain guests, as smart as they were courageous, from taking the escape.
The operation ended after 3 hours.
Spain rose up this week against the proliferation of excesses and clandestine parties across the country, a phenomenon fueled in particular by foreign nationals who have temporarily fled the very strict measures taken in their countries against the coronavirus epidemic.
Some 353 "parties or illegal meetings" organized in private homes were the subject of a police intervention during the last weekend alone in Madrid, said the Spanish authorities, denouncing a "drinking tourism".
