MADRID, 24 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The match between Burnley and Everton on matchday 19 of the Premier League, which was to be played this Sunday, December 26, has been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak at Everton and is the third game postponed on the historic ‘Boxing Day’, after Liverpool-Leeds and Wolves-Watford.
“The Premier League Board has unfortunately approved this morning Everton’s request to postpone their match outside of Boxing Day in Burnley,” the Premier League announced in a statement.
Everton had to travel to Turf Moor to play on Sunday, but asked to postpone the game due to new absences in his team that prevented Rafa Benítez’s men from complying with the regulations for this match, having an insufficient number of players available between infected and injured.
In this way, the Premier chose to postpone the match for a ‘Boxing Day’ that has already lost three of its duels. “We apologize for the inconvenience and disruption caused to these fans’ holiday plans,” added the competition.
The Premier said it is aware that this week’s decisions to postpone three games on ‘Boxing Day’ will disappoint fans and understands their “frustrations” at a special time of year when fans expect to attend stadiums.