Bordeaux will appear heavily decimated this Wednesday evening against Lille on the occasion of the 19th day of Ligue 1. But the meeting will still have to take place at Matmut Atlantique (9:00 pm) because the Girondin club is hit hard. by cases of covid for a few days.
Five players had tested positive at the time of the pre-match press conference on Tuesday, two before last weekend and the Coupe de France meeting (Rémi Oudin and Dilane Bakwa) and three others on Monday (Stian Gregersen, Issouf Sissokho and Sékou Mara).
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The epidemic has spread in recent hours, forcing the club to postpone the announcement of the composition of the group for the poster against the Mastiffs.
The team reveals that nine other cases were detected after tests carried out Tuesday morning.
Six players and three staff members would be affected, bringing the total number of people affected to 14.
A club may request the postponement of a match when it has fewer than twenty players (including a goalkeeper) available out of the thirty who have been registered at the start of the season in the Professional Football League.
Bordeaux indicated that new tests will be carried out on Wednesday and that a press release will be published afterwards.