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There are already eight absences for Independiente del Valle to face Flamengo this Wednesday, in Maracanã, for the Copa Libertadores. In addition to the five positive cases of coronavirus previously announced, the Ecuadorian club confirmed that it had another player with the disease after a new examination and two more athletes who presented symptoms. Even negative, the couple stayed out of the trip to Rio de Janeiro.
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Del Valle claimed to have performed an additional PCR test last Monday as an additional precaution to health standards and Conmebol protocol. The player in question is in quarantine and will follow the same procedure as the others, while the club has called the authorities.
On the 24th, Del Valle reported that a player had tested positive for coronavirus. This number has increased to five with the four new infections released Monday. And it went up to eight with the information released Tuesday.
Independiente del Valle players in the defeat against Junior Barranquilla – Photo: AFP
Flamengo and Independiente del Valle meet this Wednesday, at 9:30 p.m. (from Brasilia), in Maracaná. The Ecuadorians lead Group A with the same nine points as Rubro-Negro, the advantage is in the goal difference: 8 to 0. Junior Barranquilla (6 points) and Barcelona (0 points) hurt in Colombia at the same time.
The announcement of positive cases in Del Valle comes just over a week after the Ecuadorian team’s clash against Flamengo in Quito, when the hosts thrashed 5-0.
The next day, the Brazilian team detected the appearance of a Covid-19 outbreak in its squad. Initially, seven players tested positive, before the game against Barcelona, in Guayaquil. And, after the second confrontation in Ecuador, the total infected players reached 16.
The outbreak in Flamengo raised the alert in Del Valle and Barcelona, which faced athletes who were detected the infection the day after the matches. However, there were no positive cases in the tests carried out on the Ecuadorian teams immediately after the Libertadores matches. The two teams, coincidentally, met last Saturday for the Ecuadorian Championship.
Until last Sunday, Barcelona de Guayaquil did not have any confirmed case of Covid-19 in its squad, despite the crash against Flamengo in the last week, when the risk of contagion called into question the performance of the match. The team is expected to present additional test results before the trip to Colombia for the match against Junior Barranquilla, also on Wednesday.
Chronology of Covid cases in group A of the Libertadores:
Independiente del Valle goleia or Flamengo by 5 to 0
Flamengo announces six positive cases in the Ecuadorian delegation; athletes faced Del Valle
Vitinho is the seventh Flamengo player in Ecuador to test positive
After muddle and attempt to ban the stadium by the city council, Flamengo expires or Barcelona of Guayaquil
Independiente del Valle loses to Junior Barranquilla na Colômbia
Flamengo returns to Brazil, and tests show 16 positive cases among players, plus an outbreak in the football department
After an outbreak in Flamengo, Barcelona de Guayaquil is isolated in TC for tests
Independiente del Valle announces a positive case with no cast
Barcelona says it did not register positive cases in a new round of tests
Independiente del Valle and Barcelona de Guayaquil draw 1-1 for the Ecuadorian Championship; athletes take new tests after the game
Independiente del Valle announces four positive cases not cast
Junior Barranquilla announces two positive cases in the squad
Independiente del Valle confirms a more positive case and takes two out of the trip
