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This Sunday the first match of the grand final of Colombian professional football will be played between América de Cali and Independiente Santa Fe at the Pascual Guerrero stadium. Both teams are already in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores, but the only league title of an atypical year 2020 is at stake due to the pandemic.
An issue that has generated discomfort and controversy in Colombian soccer has been the coronavirus and infections in the players, which is why several teams have lost key players in momentous moments. America had several infections like its rivals and that is why Santa Fe prefers to take care of itself in health and has made a whole health outpost in the city of Cali.
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In the first measure, Santa Fe asked its players to travel individually to the El Dorado airport and not on the team bus to avoid contact with fans and the press; then they arrived in Cali, but they will not stay in any hotel, they will be in the Deportivo Cali headquarters in Pance (away from the city) where they have training courts and comfortable accommodation avoiding contact and distractions.
Already at the hotel, Santa Fe asked that all logistics personnel such as cooks, waiters and others have been tested and with a negative test in hand, they can then work hand in hand with the team; In addition, the rooms were disinfected by a company specifically hired by the red box: the same company that has helped them with the sanitary protocol in home games, disinfecting sports equipment, dressing rooms and even the flags of the fans.
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Aseoamil SAS is the company that accompanied the Santa Fe outpost in CaliThey will also carry out a disinfection process on the buses that move the team, the balls and other training objects, the players’ clothes and will also be with Hárold Rivera at the press conference on Saturday.
Ultraviolet lights and thermal fogging machines through spraying of ammonium will be used in this strict process of the ‘Cardenal’ concentration in Cali, as well as in common areas, doors and other possible contacts.
On the day of the match at the Pascual Guerrero stadium, work will be done in the same way in the dressing rooms of the sports stage, entrance to the stadium and all the minimum details; This being the 12th player in Santa Fe against the coronavirus.
The same Aseoamil company will be in charge of the process in the second leg at the El Campín stadium and in the days prior to that match, the players must also follow a strict sanitary protocol.
Both Santa Fe and America reported zero positive cases of coronavirus in the tests carried out this Thursday and which are also valid for the return match; However, in the ‘lion’ they do not want to leave anything to chance and avoid players who can be infected, firstly for their health and secondly so as not to lose elements in search of the tenth star.
