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The directors of Zamalek are awaiting the decision of the African Union “CAF” regarding the request presented by the Moroccan club Raja to postpone the second leg in the semifinal round of the African Champions League against Zamalek, scheduled for next Saturday, after the Moroccan hope announced that 8 of its players had been infected by the Corona virus, in addition to some members of the technical and medical staff for the team.
A Zamalek source revealed that the club’s management will not announce its decision on the matter, either agreeing to the postponement or rejecting it until the CAF issues a decision, which is expected to be the decision in the next few hours, especially because Zamalek does not wants to be part of the Moroccan crisis of hope with the African Union. .
And the Moroccan club Raja Casablanca, Zamalek’s rival in the semifinals of the African Champions League, announced yesterday through an official statement that this Monday 6 new cases of Corona virus were discovered among the team’s players, increasing new cases of the virus within of the team to 8, a day before. The Green Team delegation will travel to Cairo on Wednesday to play the second leg against the White Castle.
The club said in a statement published on its official account on the “Facebook” website: “The Al-Raja Sports Club received the results of the Covid-19 tests to which the members of the first team were submitted on Monday morning. , including players and technical, medical and administrative personnel.“.
And he added: “After a total of 53 tests were carried out, the results showed that there were 7 positive cases, including 6 in the players, adding to the two cases registered last Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases between Raja Sports Club’s first team players is 8 “. The statement continued: “Those interested will be subject to the current health protocol“.
At the same time, reports from the Moroccan press revealed the existence of two new cases of the new Corona virus among the ranks, as the results of the tests carried out by the players revealed that two new players on the team were infected with the virus, and the site revealed “le360 Sport “on the identity of the injured players, namely Abd al-Rahim Shakir, Elias al-Haddad, Mohsen Metwally, Abd al-Ilah al-Hafizi, Omar al-Arjoun, Anas Jabroun, Muhammad Azarida and Ayoub Neh, raising the number of cases to 8 cases of team players..
The same site had revealed the Moroccan club’s request to the African Football Confederation (CAF) to postpone its next match against Zamalek, due to the spread of Corona virus infections in the oval team..
And he assured that an official of the Al-Rajaa club that the club’s management will urgently write to the Emergency Committee of the African Union to postpone the match due to the presence of many infections in its ranks with the Coronavirus “Covid-19”.“.
It should be noted that the health protocol adopted by the “CAF” on positive cases of coronavirus registered in the ranks of African clubs provides for postponing their matches if more than 5 positive cases are registered to postpone their matches in the African Champions League and the Confederation Cup.
