The scourge of Covid-19 continues to prevail in society and the world of football is no stranger to it. ANDThis Tuesday has been an especially prolific day in the accumulation of positive cases for coronavirus of various footballers, the logical consequence in a week where a large number of teams have started their preseason.
So up to nine clubs between and First and Second Division, confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday after carrying out PCR tests on soccer players and members of their technical staff. The clubs affected by the virus in this week of the preseason start There are four teams from LaLiga Smartbank, Espanyol, Mallorca, Las Palmas and Tenerife, and five from LaLiga Santander, Valencia, Betis, Huesca, Alavés and Granada.
Some of those affected did reveal, through their social networks or the club itself, that they had tested positive for coronavirus, but in general almost all remain anonymous, for now.
The first that raised the hare was Valencia. The club announced that in the tests carried out on Monday to the players, members of the coaching staff and those closest to the members of the first team, two positives were detected by Covid-19. According to the Valencian entity, both positive they are isolated in their corresponding homes.
Continuing with the First group, in the early afternoon, the Betis confirmed that it had a footballer in its ranks who had tested positive. It was his own Loren the one who announced that he was affected and that he would miss the first part of the green-and-white preseason, which starts in Marbella.
First's third ‘headdress’ is the Huesca. The Huesca team learned on Tuesday the diagnosis of their PCR tests with two positives in the template, without revealing the identity of those affected.
The penultimate of First was Alavés, which confirmed three affected by the virus, all asymptomatic. The group from Vitoria already had cases in the entity in the month of March.
Gonalons, from Granada, the last confirmed
And the last case to be announced of the highest category was Gonalons del Granada. The Nasrid club announced this Tuesday, a few hours after announcing its continuity for the next three seasons, that the French midfielder Maxime Gonalons has tested positive for Covid-19, so the preseason with the first team will not begin this week.
Espanyol, it rains on wet
Already in the Silver category, Espanyol confirmed a positive in its staff, after having carried out the tests on Monday. The case of the perico team is special because it was already the club with the most positives in the first strong scourge of the pandemic when they had 10 in their ranks infected members.
Returning to the present, also in Second, Mallorca detected a positive in his changing room, which is already isolated at his home.
The penultimate club affected it was UD Las Palmas. You announced a positive case to your team after testing. Finally, the Tenerife confirmed this Tuesday that its player Elliot Gómez He tested positive and is now in quarantine.
Total, 13 positives in nine clubs this Tuesday. They are not the only ones, since Almería, Zaragoza, Atlético de Madrid and Real Madrid confirmed that they were affected. Fortunately, neither case is serious.