Possible positive at Lorca Deportiva: the club denies it

He Lorca Deportiva, team recently promoted to Second Division B, has a positive by Covid among their ranks, as reported by 'La Opinión de Murcia'. The affected person is a member of the technical staff that he was not part of the training sessions last week nor was he present in the match that the team played on Saturday at Pinatar Arena, after which he was promoted to the bronze category of Spanish football.

After this positive, All members of the Lorca squad, technical staff and management would have been asked to submit to the tests. Some players also had some health problems last week.

The Football Federation of the Region of Murcia carried out tests on the members of the four teams that played the semifinal matches, but there were no tests prior to the final, according to 'The Opinion of Murcia'.

AS has contacted several people from the club, than flatly deny the positive and reaffirm that at all times they followed the protocol security marked by the Federation to prevent outbreaks. Furthermore, they emphasize that the alleged positive was never in contact with the staff neither throughout the week in training nor in the final for promotion against Atlético Pulpileño. They also emphasize that in the tests carried out on all the members of the club, prior to the dispute of the semifinals, the results were negative and that the entity is already working to demonstrate it.

For its part, the Real spanish soccer federation informed this Monday of the opening of a disciplinary information file to the club. This is the full statement of the RFEF:

“The RFEF has opened an informative disciplinary file to Lorca Deportiva regarding the information on the case of a positive for coronavirus related to the coaching staff of its first team and of which at no time have they been informed by the club or the Spanish Federation of Soccer nor the Murcian Federation.

In this scenario, in coordination with the Murcian health authorities, the appropriate measures related to this type of health alerts in sport will be applied. “