The Minister of Culture and Sports, José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, on Tuesday called on fans to “have no public celebrations” after the end of the League competition in a few days and recalled the “sense of duty with health of all. “
“There is little left until the end of the League. As a minister, I call for NO public celebrations. I thank the clubs, LaLiga, the Spanish Football Federation and fans for their sense of duty to everyone's health. Thanks also to the Government Delegations, “he wrote on his Twitter account.
There is little left for the end of the League. As minister of @sportgob I call for NO public celebrations. I thank the clubs, @The league, to @rfef and fans their sense of duty to everyone's health. Thanks also to the Government Delegations.
– José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes (@jmrdezuribes) July 14, 2020
The minister's request is in addition to the appeal also made by the Anti-Violence Commission yesterday “to all the actors involved, and in particular the hobbies, to respect the security measures and recommendations established in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.”
“The images of fans celebrating the sporting achievements of their teams that have taken place in the last few hours make it essential to remind the whole public of the importance of complying with these standards and, especially, in terms of avoiding crowds such as those have produced”, he pointed out after some 2,000 Cádiz supporters gathered around the stadium to celebrate the promotion to Primera last weekend.
José Manuel Franco
The Government delegate in Madrid, José Manuel Franco, He has sent a message to all Madrid fans and all Madrid residents to avoid any celebration on the street if this week Real Madrid proclaims itself the winner of the League.
Thus, he pointed out that the National Police and the Municipal Police of Madrid are preparing a suitable device in case Real Madrid wins the League this week.
Despite this, Franco has asked “maximum responsibility to all fans and, in this case, to Madrid fans, so that this year these traditional celebrations will not take place in Plaza de Cibeles or anywhere else in Madrid” and has insisted that “The coronavirus is still with us and a massive celebration could cause serious contagions in the population again.”
In this sense, the representative of the Government in Madrid has sent a clear and forceful message to all fans so that “Be responsible and this year do not go out into the streets to celebrate this football success and do it from your homes, with yours and do not go to any celebration massively because now we cannot afford to let our guard down or a re-emergence of cases in Madrid”.