Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga, confessed this Sunday that he “liked” that the league championship would return on June 12, although he acknowledged that he does not know the exact date to resume the competition because everything will depend on whether there are spikes in coronavirus infections.
“I would like the League to start on June 12, but I don't know what will happen. We don't rush. Depend on whether or not there are spikes in infections. That does not depend on football, but on Spanish society, “said Tebas, during an interview on Movistar's El Partidazo program #VolverEsGanar.
After completing the medical tests on the minimum essential personnel of the clubs to start training, LaLiga reported that five cases of asymptomatic positive soccer players were detected. “In a universe of 2,500 tests, there have only been five positive players and three more members of the coaching staff. We expected 25 or 30 for statistical reasons, so this data is good news for the football industry and for Spain,” said the president of LaLiga.
Thebes revealed that when the competition starts in the month of June, “if the players and technicians do things right, there shouldn't be any infected.”
“If the time comes there are several cases, it would be negligence because there are established protocols. When the competition arrives, 24 hours before, all the players will be tested and in the game itself, if they have done the PCR, infection is practically impossible“I pointed out.
“We have made a study that we will present in the next few days that indicates that where less risk is there in the matches and more in their homes, but I am confident that everyone will comply with the general sanitary norms, “said the president of LaLiga, who at the moment” does not consider concentrations of players. “
Javier Tebas stressed on several occasions that it is “possible to return to football, only that you have to adapt to the circumstances, which are very complicated.”
In that sense, the top LaLiga leader acknowledged that “no opposition has been found, but there is ignorance in the comments about what can and cannot be done.” “Football is not a shock sport to transmit the disease easily because the coronavirus is not transmitted by sweat, it is transmitted by saliva. The risk in a match will be practically zero, almost non-existent,” said Tebas, who stressed that “The possibility of failure of the tests that will be done to the players is five percent.”
Javier Tebas said that “First and Second will return on the same dates”, although he pointed out that in Second, as they did not depend on European competitions, “they could get into August a little bit.” The LaLiga president said he was “optimistic” about the return of football because “football can also be the spearhead for people to see it.”
“To return is to win,” said Tebas, who revealed that when the competition returns, there will be matches “every day from the first day to the last day.” “We are close, but there are still fences to jump. We are on the right track,” he concluded.
Piqu: “To finish without playing will be ugly”
Gerard Piqu declared this Sunday that “what LaLiga is doing to return to play makes sense” because it is “this or end the season without playing, which would be quite ugly.” Piqu gave his opinion about the return to club training on an individual basis to begin preparing for the return of the league competition during the month of June.
“We have been well informed by the clubs about the protocol tests and we are comfortable. The experience of training alone is different, but you have to adapt,” said the Catalan center-back.
“Any precautionary measure is welcome. There are many people who are afraid or at least respect the virus and it is important that everyone knows the protocol and abides by it. If each of us complies with what they tell us, everything must go well, “he confessed.
For Piqu, the return to football depends on “many interests” and he recognized that “playing without the public does not like it, but it is what it is.” “It is either this or staying without finishing the League, which would be quite ugly. What the League is doing makes sense, hopefully everything goes well and there are no infected to start the competition,” Piqu said during an interview on the program El Great game.
“We have been standing for a long time and with just one month of training I would have more in mind that we are better prepared to avoid risk of injury. A few more days of training will not hurt us, “he confessed.
Finally, Piqu spoke about the possibility that some concentrations would take place before playing the matches. “Concentration is a delicate issue because this measure, for the player, is difficult.”
“I understand the League's point of view, but for the players that we listen to, we follow the protocol and we will try not to get infected, the fact of not being at home is hard. If this can be avoided or reduced to the maximum we appreciate it” I concluded.
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