Liga Santander: The issue that divides Spanish football by the coronavirus: playing behind closed doors or not | LaLiga Santander 2019

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Reflection. We play for fans. Does it make sense to play without them? The thought, published in the form of a tweet, of the Celtic footballer of Vigo Denis Surez summarizes the feeling of most First and Second Division players before the decision of LaLiga: dispute the meetings of the next two days in First and Second behind closed doors due to the crisis caused by the coronavirus epidemic.

LaLiga took that path following the recommendations of the central government. The order affects the days 28 and 29 of First Division and the 32 and 33 of Second. But it seems that the footballers do not agree too much. If the situation is so serious, the championship is suspended, said Mario Surez, Rayo Vallecano midfielder: Football without a fan makes no sense. Playing behind closed doors is an incongruity. Health comes first, but on trips to the game, by train, avin … There is no risk ?, added the former Atletico de Madrid. In the same line was positioned Jos Morales, commander of the Levant: The health of the players is the first thing, you can not play with it. In view of the serious situation we live in our country, we believe that radical measures must be taken to avoid contagion.

It is striking that not only footballers are against this decision. Also some clubs: Oviedo, Zaragoza, Celta … Playing behind closed doors is inappropriate, they warn, while many, like Barcelona, ​​confirmed that they will return to their fans the money from the tickets: The first thing is health, but playing behind closed doors costs us six million euros, declared Bartomeu, president of reference to Barcelona-Naples of the return of the knockout stages of the Champions League, which will be played without public. Two of the coaches with more weight in the world of football, Diego Pablo Simeone and Pep GuardiolaThey are also against closing the stands: I hope they play with people, it will not be fair for Liverpool, rojiblanco argued, while the Manchester City technician, who next week receives Real Madrid, said they will follow what we say, but I would not like to play without public. It makes no sense to do that.

In the European competitions the situation of the Getafe-Inter after the ban on flying between Spain and Italy. Every day is more complicated, we are going to see what the specialists advise us, explained Angel Torres, president of the Azuln club, who a priori must play his first leg of the round of 16 of the Europa League tomorrow (9:00 pm) in San Siro. It is also not clear what will happen with the expedition of Rome, which also plays tomorrow at Snchez Pizjun.

Outside of football, the Bilbao Basket He has requested the suspension of the Endesa League, which will also be played behind closed doors. And, like basketball, all sports: handball, volleyball, water polo … Nothing gets rid of the echo caused by cows. Internationally, it was confirmed that the Austin GP of motorcycling has been postponed to November, while all cycling races on Italian soil are suspended until April.