Categories: Football

Czech league ends prematurely due to COVID-19 outbreak

The Football League Association (ALF) from the Czech Republic announced this Friday that the tournament ends in the absence of six matches due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in one of the championship teams, whose champion is the Sparta Prague.

“After the forced quarantine of the Opava club it is not possible to end the season on the dates that the clubs had agreed (that is, on August 2), “explained the ALF in a statement

He thus alluded to the case of Silesia FC Opava, where one of his players tested positive the day after after a SARS-CoV-2 test and the health authorities decreed a two-week quarantine for the entire club.

Given this situation, the Opava management decided to delay beyond August 2 the six games that had to be played in the relegation group to try to maintain the category.

But this will not be necessary, since the club will continue in the First Division; even, the 16 teams of maximum local tournament will be joined by two others, to complete a campus of 18 teams in the next season.

Notwithstanding these atypical circumstances, Czech football managers have planned that the title of league champion corresponds to Slavia Prague, and the five teams with a pass to the qualification phase of the European tournaments are the Slavia, Victoria Pilsen, Sparta Prague, Jablonec and Liberec, according to its position in the table.

Gabby Barker

Gabby is someone who is interested in all types of sports, she loves to attend watching matches live. Whenever there is a match being played in her city, she makes sure to get the tickets in advance. Due to the love for sports, she joined Sportsfinding, and started writing general sports news. Apart from writing the news, she is also the editor for the website who checks and edits every news content before they go live.

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