Antwerp run out of players to face the game against Kortrijk

Nine players of the Antwerp have tested positive for Covid-19, so the meeting scheduled for Sunday, December 26 against the Kortrijk, from the Belgian Jupiler Pro League, has been suspended.

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The Belgian Professional League announced that the match of the twenty-first day of the competition scheduled at the Guldensporen Stadion in Kortrijk was “canceled and that the next date will be determined in the next few days.”

The Pro League decided days ago that the matches of the coming sessions will be played behind closed doors as a result of the increase in cases of coronavirus in the country.

“They have mild symptoms”

The AntwerpHowever, it has run out of enough players to face the crash after nine of its footballers and two staff members tested positive in the latest tests. “They have mild symptoms and are isolated as established by the protocol,” the club announced.

“After a player tested positive before the Genk game, the club took additional measures to prevent the spread of the virus. For example, there was no longer a whole squad meal together either in the morning or in the afternoon. The squad was divided into small groups with a dressing room for each one. And the players underwent numerous tests “, indicated the Antwerp.

Also two members of the club staff

“Despite additional measures to prevent further spread of the coronavirus, several players from our first team have tested positive for Covid-19. Nine players and two staff members have mild symptoms and, fortunately, they are not overly ill. But, of course, they are in quarantine as prescribed by the protocols, “adds the Belgian club.

“The head of the competition calendar informed both clubs that it had been decided to postpone the match on Sunday, December 26, to a date yet to be determined,” concludes the statement from the Antwerp.