MADRID, 1 One. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Classic between Real Madrid and Barça on matchday 16 of the Endesa League was postponed this Saturday due to the latest cases of coronavirus in the Culé team, and it will not be possible to play this Sunday, January 2, as scheduled at the WiZink Center.
“The Real Madrid – Barça match, scheduled for this coming Sunday, January 2 at 6:30 p.m., and corresponding to matchday 16 of the Endesa League, has been postponed due to the situation of positive cases due to COVID-19 that affect the Barça squad, after knowing the result of the PCR test to which it has been submitted this Friday, “said the ACB in a statement.
El Clásico, which now has a new date to be confirmed, was in the air due to the positives that already affected both Madrid and Barça. In recent days, Real Madrid reported the contagions of Alocen Sergio Llull, Jeffery Taylor, Pablo Laso, Heurtel, Causeur, Poirier, Hanga, Yabusele, Núñez, Randolph. In addition, the white team has the injured Thompkins and Abalde.
Meanwhile, the culé team reported on the night of December 31 the positives of Sarunas Jasikevicius, the players Brandon Davies and Nicolás Laprovittola and three members of the technical staff, all of them “in good health”. Barça already had Kyle Kuric, Pierre Oriola and Nick Calathes infected, in addition to the loss due to injury of Álex Abrines.