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The controversial match of the day was Nacional vs. Tolima, which was to be played this Friday at night in the return of Colombian football. Now, finally, the match will not be played.
Tolima had asked not to play and received no positive response, for which he issued a statement explaining that he will play “under protest” after several cases of covid-19. Finally, it was confirmed that it will not be played.
Dimayor’s full statement:
“The Major Division of Colombian Soccer – DIMAYOR, in a joint effort with the FCF Verification Commission, continues to work together to guarantee that all those involved in the competitions are in the best of health and at no time put at risk the lives of the people who are part of the sports delegations, made up of: players, coaching staff and administrative staff of the institution. In this sense, the organization is in constant communication with the clubs, so that compliance with the protocol of biosecurity in the reactivation of the national football is rigorously executed in each of its phases.
Regarding the procedures that have been implemented, in the situation presented by Deportes Tolima and the PCR tests that were initially performed on the club on September 15, these yielded 19 positive cases (11 players and 8 technical and logistical staff), We must clarify that the second sample taken on September 16 in the city of Ibagué, produced only 7 positive players and based on this procedure the DIMAYOR administration authorized the trip on a charter flight to the city of Medellín, to that the commitment corresponding to date 9 of the BetPlay DIMAYOR 2020 League, against Atlético Nacional will be carried out according to the stipulated schedule. Subsequently, and complying with the respective protocols, the delegation that traveled to the capital of Antioquia will be given a new antigen detection test for COVID-19, and the results of the same are expected.
DIMAYOR, following the guidelines of the pertinent authorities, established direct contact with the Ministry of Health, to identify the epidemiological fence with the doctor of the Tolima Sports club and in this way, establish if there was any contact of the traveling delegation with the other members who previously registered positive. The recommendation of the representatives of the Ministry of Health was not to take into account the results of the last tests (Against PRC sample and Antigens), arguing that a period of 7 days should elapse between each of the tests. Therefore, the sports department of DIMAYOR, decided to suspend the commitment, until all medical guarantees exist, regarding the good health of the players, the technical and administrative staff of the “Ibaguereños”, who are part of the group. in competition.
Colombian Professional Soccer will continue to work together with the Ministry of Health, the District Health Secretariats and the Local Governments, to guarantee compliance with the Biosafety Protocol and mitigate the risk of contagion, among the agents involved in carrying out the football matches “
