The UD Almería has announced this Tuesday through a statement another case of coronavirus in the club that has ina dynamited ’the playoff promotion to First Division, since the Andalusian team is classified for its dispute. Without identifying whether it is a footballer or a member of the technical staff, “the person in question has been isolated and has been quarantined at his home, in good health,” said the club. The team, however, has suspended training when this new positive was detected by COVID-19 in the PCR tests of LaLiga held last Monday.
In the official note, the Andalusian club reports that the former affected “remains in quarantine at home with a good state of health.” Almería clarifies that the person affected now “had tested negative in the previous three tests last week.”
After jumping the alarms and following the protocol established by LaLiga, new tests will be carried out on all members of the red and white squad. At the same time, the entity from Almería has announced that “the disinfection of the different dependencies of the Mediterranean Games Stadium ”, and that he has reported the situation to the health authorities, the Municipal Sports Board, CSD and the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), in addition to LaLiga, “with whom he maintains direct and permanent contact with the situation,” says the release.
Almería is Girona's rival in promoting promotion to First. After the Competition Committee I would have decided to play the Deportivo-Fuenlabrada, new dates had already been assigned for the first round of the promotion promotion. The chosen days were Thursday the 13th and Sunday the 16th.
The Andalusian team was preparing these days the playoff to the First Division, after The league announce the dates of the semifinals (August 13-16) and the final (August 20-23). Girona, Real Zaragoza (affected by another coronavirus positive) and Elche or Fuenlabrada are the other four teams that will fight to rise to the highest category of Spanish football.