Players from Sevilla and Osasuna, in a game last Sunday.
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All sections of Real Madrid, quarantined for a positive for coronavirus in the basketball team
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Euroleague suspended by coronavirus
The league, definitely suspends the next two days of First and Second Division “Given the circumstances known this morning regarding the quarantine established at Real Madrid and the possible positives in players from other clubs.” Until now, professional football was the only one that maintained its activity, after taking the step of playing behind closed doors. With this decision of the presiding body Javier Thebes, all football stops, in parallel with other measures taken to tackle the fight against the coronavirus.
The suspension is, at least, during the last two days, although the “situation will be reevaluated after the end of the quarantines decreed in the affected clubs and other possible situations that may arise,” the League states in its statement. In this way, the organism anticipates the meeting that it was going to hold with the Federation, the Association of Spanish Soccer Players (AFE) and the Higher Sports Council, in which the rest of the groups were going to put pressure on Thebes to decree the final suspension. The Federation has already decreed the stop for Second B, Third and all non-professional categories.
The first measure, closed-door matches, aims to maintain the competition's schedule, with very few free dates, similar to what UEFA did with some Champions League matches in the most affected areas. In the same way, minimize the economic losses, since the retransmission rights are maintained. The footballers, however, had opposed the risk it created for them. Finally, the appearance of cases in the clubs has led to the temporary suspension. For its part, UEFA has also suspended matches between clubs from the most affected countries, such as Sevilla-Roma or Inter-Getafe, of the Europa League, which are due to take place on Thursday.
What will UEFA do with the Champions League?
The highest organization of European football has called a meeting for next Tuesday to discuss the future “of European competitions”, that is, the Champions League, the Europa League and the European Championship. There remains the question of what will happen, then, with the Europa League matches that are played this afternoon-night and with the Champions League that must be held next week, in which we remember Juventus, who has already lived the positive of Rugani, and Madrid, which is in quarantine for the positive of Thompkins, player of the basketball team.
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