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A meeting on Monday morning put the decision to maintain the two-week break in the Paulista Championship in the hands of the Public Ministry. Representatives of the São Paulo State Government and the São Paulo Football Federation participated in the meeting.
Last Thursday, the state government announced the suspension, for 15 days, of sports activities, including the Paulista Championship, as one of the measures to contain the new coronavirus. Initially, the hiatus runs from Monday to March 30 and reaches three rounds of competition.
With the delay in the definition, this Wednesday’s match, between São Bento and Palmeiras, must go to Belo Horizonte, something that was already being considered. The match is delayed from the third round.
The strike was a recommendation of the Public Ministry and included religious activities. On Thursday, when justifying the decision, João Medina, from the Covid-19 Contingency Center of the São Paulo government, cited the request of the deputy.
– We are in an emergency phase. It has losses for all sectors. There is suffering for the whole society, for all economic activity. In relation to football, we are dealing with a letter, a recommendation from the State Public Ministry. That was out of our league, ”Medina said.
At this morning’s meeting it was decided that the championship could be resumed, as long as the Public Ministry agreed. The São Paulo Federation tries to meet with the agency this Monday. In an official note, the entity that commands soccer in SP stated as follows:
“The São Paulo Football Federation met this Monday morning (15) with Patrícia Ellen, Secretary of Economic Development, Aildo Rodrigues Ferreira, Secretary of Sports, and Marco Vinholi, Secretary of Regional Development, at Palácio dos Bandeirantes, to address the continuation of the Paulista Championship in the Emergency Phase. The FPF will now meet with the State Attorney’s Office. For this reason, the meetings that were scheduled with the clubs for this Monday were postponed to Tuesday “.
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The Paulista Football Federation defended the continuation of the championship – Photo: Emilio Botta
After the decision was announced last Thursday, the Federation met with the clubs, reported that other states had made themselves available to host the Paulistão games, scheduled a meeting with the state government, and began working on a strengthening of health measures. control.
So far, four of the 12 tests planned for the first phase of the Paulista Championship have been contested.
Meanwhile, São Paulo is experiencing its worst moment of the pandemic, breaking records for daily deaths and seeing that ICU occupancy reaches 88.4% in the State and 90% in the Metropolitan Region.
