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The Monumental Stadium was banned by the City Council, which turned around. The Ministry of Health must guarantee that the game will take place on Tuesday at 7:15 pm
The municipal authorities of Guayaquil prohibited this Tuesday (22) the Monumental stadium, the scene of the match between Barcelona and Flamengo, at 7:15 pm this Tuesday, for the fourth round of group A of the Copa Libertadores de América. However, hours after the municipal decision, an order from the Ministry of Health, a national authority, must guarantee the exit.
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Earlier Tuesday, the mayor of Guayaquil said city health officials would go to the Flamengo hotel to analyze the situation.
As it is public knowledge that a group of Flamengo players is COVID positive, I have arranged to send a municipal team, made up of the Health, Risks and Sports Directorates, to the site where they are housed, to execute a technical report and the actions to be taken. follow.
– Cynthia Viteri (@ CynthiaViteri6) September 22, 2020
Then, the mayor signed a document interdicting the Monumental stadium, thus forcing the suspension of the match until further notice. A few hours later, this “second order” arrived.
The “mayor” of the city returned, after all, he had disabled the stadium. The National COE decided that there will be a game and that it will soon become official. #Flamengo pic.twitter.com/ALj2JghOX1
– Raisa Simplicio (@simpraisa) September 22, 2020
Meanwhile, Flamengo took the position of waiting for official information before taking his next step. The club’s vice president for soccer, Marcos Braz, said he was waiting for an official statement from Conmebol to define what Rubro-Negro will do.
“I don’t know if it is correct or not, we respect the authorities. What we ask is to receive the official document. Flamengo received all the protocols from Conmebol. Flamengo, calmly, calmly, after receiving the official document.” we’ll see what to do. We will do what is best for Guayaquil, Ecuador and Flamengo ”, said the leader.
“The game is suspended. Flamengo respects and complies with the instructions of the local authorities. They said that the stadium can no longer host a football match. We will wait for the official statement from Conmebol to return to Brazil,” Braz told the radio. The Round Radio.
The interdiction of the stadium was an exit from Guayaquil to force the cancellation of the game or, at least, a position of Conmebol, which was slow to respond to the request of the local authorities. “At least in this stadium there will be no football match between Barcelona and Flamengo today,” he said, also on the radio. The Round Radio, Carlos Luis Salvador, director of health and hygiene in Guayaquil.
The National COE, an authority superior to the Municipal COE, however, defined that the game will be played at the same time, at 7:15 pm, this Tuesday (22), at the Monumental stadium. Alex Anchundia, secretary general of Ecuador’s Risk and Management Secretariat, said athletes must enter the field under strict protocol and that Flamengo must return to Brazil immediately after the match.
“The game must be played as established in the biosecurity protocol, which states that games must not be suspended due to positive cases of covid-19. The protocols must be strict and Flamengo players must return to Rio de Janeiro directly from the stadium, without returning to the hotel.
Flamengo has nine confirmed cases of Covid-19. There are seven players, Diego Ribas, Bruno Henrique, Michael, Vitinho, Maurício Isla, Matheusinho and Filipe Luís, in addition to the head of the club’s medical department, Márcio Tannure, and Juan, a member of the football department. Everyone has tested positive in recent days.
Meanwhile, four Flamengo players, summoned at the last minute by Domènec Torrent to complete the reserve bench, are flying to Guayaquil. They left Brazil and had to stop in Manaus on their way to Ecuador.
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