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MADRID, Nov.3 (Xinhua) – The coronavirus rears its ugly head once again as FC Barcelona prepares for Wednesday night’s Champions League tie at home to Dynamo Kiev.
The Ukrainian team arrived in Barcelona on Monday night with just 13 players from the first team (and six from team B) after nine had previously tested positive for COVID-19.
UEFA’s protocols for the coronavirus state that a team cannot play in a European competition if it cannot line up at least 13 first-team players on the matchday.
If another first team tested positive in a round of PCR tests carried out at their team’s hotel on Tuesday morning, Wednesday’s match will be postponed.
The Dynamo arrived in Barcelona with Nikolai Shaparenko, Alexandr Karavaev, Gueorgui Tsitaishvili, Denis Garmash, Mikkel Duelund and Tudor Baluta all of them after giving positive results in the tests carried out on Sunday, together with assistant coach Emil Karas and four other members of the coaching staff.
First team goalkeepers Denys Boyko, Heorhiy Buschan and Vitaliy Mykolenko had previously been ruled out due to COVID-19, meaning that coach Mircea Lucescu has been forced to travel with two B team goalkeepers, Ruslan Nescheret and Valentin Morgun, along with junior goalkeeper Denys. Ignatenk.
Barça enter the game (if played) with two wins in their two group stage matches, including a key 2-0 away win against Juventus a week ago and they are clear favorites to win, although their form The domestic has been worrisome with just two points from their last four games. Final product
