Rostov's squad, a team trained by Valeri Karpin, started this Wednesday a quarantine of 14 days after six players from the Russian team contracted the coronavirus.
“The six footballers have been isolated from the rest of the team. 42 Rostov employees were in close contact with them: all the first-team players, the technical team and the team's staff,” the club from southern Russia reported.
According to the press, the six players who tested positive for COVID-19 are Russians Arseni Logashov and Jorén Bairamián; Finn Román Yeremenko; the Bulgarian Ivelin Popov; Norwegian Mathias Normann and Swedish Dennis Hadzikadunic.
Thus, Rostov will not be able to face Sochi on Friday on the twenty-third day of the Russian league, which starts the same day after a three-month hiatus due to the pandemic.
ANDn the beginning, the Karpin team, which is fourth classified, Nor will it be able to host Arsenal de Tula on June 27 and the regional derby with Krasnodar on July 1 is also up in the air.
Since the Russian Football Union decided to resume the championship, Lokomotiv, Rubín and other teams have recognized that some of their players contracted the coronavirus, including Peru's Jefferson Farfán, who returned to training on Tuesday after a month of isolation.
Unlike most European leagues and although Russia is the third country in the world in cases of COVID-19 with more than half a million, 10 percent of fans will be allowed to enter Russian stadiums.
The match of the day will be the one against Saturday in Moscow against CSKA, fifth place, and Zenit, leader highlighted with a nine point advantage over the second, Lokomotiv.