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The Moroccan club Raja Casablanca issued an official statement this afternoon, Wednesday, October 21, through which it reveals the latest news regarding the confrontation of the zamalek club, which is supposed to take place next Saturday night, corresponding to October 24 .
Statement from the Moroccan club Raja after some players were infected with the Corona virus:
That match will be part of the semi-final round of the CAF Champions League competition, and Al Raja stated that he is awaiting a response from the African Football Confederation (CAF) regarding his request to postpone the match. due to the infection of 8 players with the new Corona Covid 19 virus, as the text of the statement was as follows:
On the afternoon of Tuesday, October 20, 2020, an urgent meeting was held between Mr. Faouzi Lakjaa, President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, and Mr. Jawad Al-Zayat, President of the Club, to study the status of the epidemiological situation of the club and its implications for the second leg of the African Cup semifinals scheduled for Saturday, October 24, 2020.
At the initiative of Mr. Fawzi Lakjaa, an official meeting was held on the afternoon of Tuesday, October 20, 2020 between an administrative delegation of the Al Rajaa Sports Club led by Mr. Anis Mahfouz, Secretary General and Mr. Abdel Salam Hannat, Chief from the Sports Mission and Director of the African Committee of Competitions in El Kef, to explain and explain the situation of force majeure experienced by Al Raja Sports Club from the sports and administrative side, and request the postponement of the meeting to a later date.
Based on the above, the Al-Rajaa Sports Club submitted a formal request to the CAF at midnight on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 to postpone the meeting to a later date, given the number of cases of Corona virus that infected the team players and the impossibility of leaving the national territory in this situation.
The Raja Sports Club is still pending the decision of the African Football Confederation in this regard, and the national public opinion will be informed of this decision as soon as it is taken. The club takes this opportunity to express its appreciation and gratitude to Mr. Fawzi Lakjaa for accompanying this file.
This will be done directly and precisely, and for their support of the club, either in the health ordeal that it is currently going through or in overcoming the structural and economic crisis that the club has gone through, as well as in the various international sporting merits and continental ones that the Raja Sports Club passes through.
