The COVID-19 keeps Atlético in suspense, which has announced four new positive cases. In total, the rojiblanco team adds five infections, after the one detected last Friday, when the Dani González team was preparing to set sail for the Basque Country to play a friendly against Athletic in preparation for the Champions League, to be held in Bilbao and San Sebastián from August 21 to 30. The appointment was suspended, following notice from Atlético to the relevant authorities, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and Athletic. And subsequently, The Madrid club started a protocol in which all team members underwent new PCR tests. Meanwhile, the positive case, which presented mild symptoms, was isolated at home, complying with the mandatory quarantine.
The mattress entity has reported this Wednesday that from the tests carried out there are four new positive cases, which are also asymptomatic. In this way, the suspension of training and the confinement of the female staff is maintained. A fact that could affect the players' fitness for the quarterfinal match against Barça on Friday, August 21, in San Mamés. In the absence of ten days for this European Classic, the rojiblanco team remains uncertain, hoping to return to training soon and get ready for the big date. UEFA's protocol indicates that a team may play if it has at least thirteen players who have tested negative for coronavirus. If there is no goalkeeper among these players, UEFA allows the match to be postponed. Faced with the impossibility of rescheduling the match, the club that cannot play would lose the tie with a result against 3-0.
It should be remembered that the mattress box He was the first to start his preseason in the Women's League, starting training on July 6. The rojiblanca squad, who could train individually and voluntarily at the Atleti facilities since June 4, had been unemployed since mid-March, at which time COVID-19 broke into our country with force. During the preseason, a friendly was held against Santa Teresa, a team recently promoted to First Iberdrola, which was not reported by the club. Except for this unofficial clash, the Madrid team has not held any friendly. Everything is pending to know when he will return to training. On the horizon is the Champions League, with one of the most important matches in the history of this women's section that, for the first time, aspires to be a semifinalist in the top European competition.
Atletico statement
Atlético de Madrid Femenino has been forced to maintain the suspension of its training sessions and the confinement of all its players, coaching staff and assistants after the appearance of four more positive cases in the PCR tests carried out after the positive confirmed last Friday that motivated the stoppage of his sports activity. In addition, the club has decided, as a preventive measure, the temporary cessation of all activity and the closure of the Wanda Alcalá de Henares Sports Center, which has also been disinfected.
The five positive cases are asymptomatic and isolated in their respective homes and in continuous communication with the club's medical services, which carry out individual control of each one of them following the guidelines of the Covid protocol and the monitoring of the University of Navarra Clinic. The five positive cases will undergo new tests in the coming days, as established by the health protocol in these cases.
From the club we ask for maximum respect for the identity of these cases.
The Barça exhibits its punch during the preseason
At Barça, the preseason continues its course without incident. The Barça team has shown in recent days that it arrives in top form at the European Classic, after beating Montpellier in two friendlies 3-0 and 6-1. Oshoala, with three goals, remains the culé's top scorer in a preseason in which Aitana Bonmatí, Martens, Alexia Putellas, Leila and Jenni Hermoso have also enjoyed the goal.
Lluís Cortes' team returned to training on July 13 at the Ciudad Deportiva Joan Gamper, after performing the usual medical tests prior to the start of the preseason. After a week of double sessions in Sant Joan Despí, Barça carried out a ten-day stage in the Vall d'en Bas (La Garrotxa), usual venue for the women's team in its last seasons.
The Catalan team, current runner-up in the Champions League, reaches the final eight in Europe in Euskadi with maximum illusions. After winning the League and the Spanish Super Cup, the Catalans are pursuing a round season with the Champions League and the Queen's Cup (suspended in the semifinals) at stake. The continental tournament will be the first stop for Barça, a favorite in the quarterfinal match against Atleti.