Bentoho Kim Moon-hwan and Na Sang-ho also tested positive … Mexico’s war proceeds as scheduled

The Son Heung-min soccer team and players train at the BSFZ Arena in Maria Enchersdorf, Austria on the 13th (local time). [사진 대한축구협회]

In addition to Kim Moon-hwan (Busan) and Na Sang-ho (Seongnam), additional confirmed cases of corona 19 occurred in the Korean soccer team. A total of 6 athletes tested positive. However, in accordance with relevant regulations and protocols, the Korea-Mexico assessment comparison will proceed as scheduled.

On the 15th (Korean time), the Korean Football Association decided to play Match A against Korea-Mexico as scheduled in accordance with the rules of the International Football Federation (FIFA) and the European Football Federation (UEFA). On the 14th, the authorities of the Mexican Soccer Association and the Austrian Soccer Association decided to go ahead with the results of the match.

The Mexican Football Association and the Austrian Football Association expected to play the match according to FIFA / UEFA rules and the case of match A in October and November. The Korean Football Association also accepted the demands of the two associations in consideration of various conditions. The Korean soccer team will play a friendly match against Mexico at 5 am on the 15th to 5 am on the 15th at the Vienna Neustadt Stadion in Austria.

According to FIFA and UEFA rules, if there are 13 or more players (including a goalkeeper) eligible to play (negative corona 19 gene amplification test), the game can be played. On the 14th, four of the 25 national team players, including Kwon Chang-hoon (Freiburg), Lee Dong-jun (Busan), Jo Hyun-woo (Ulsan) and Hwang In-beom (Rubin Kazan), tested positive. for Corona 19. All negative judges from the national team took the Corona 19 diagnostic test again, but Moon-Hwan Kim and Sang-Ho Na reconfirmed the body odor samples because they tested positive. There are 19 people who can participate in the game.

The Korean Soccer Association said: “Before the Japan-Panama match held in Graz, Austria on the 13th, just before the evaluation with Mexico, two confirmed cases of corona19 came out of the Panamanian team, but the match was played except for the two players. A similar situation occurred in October, but match A was not canceled. At that time, Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) tested positive for Corona 19 before match A, but except for Ronaldo, match A proceeded normally ”.

The Son Heung-min soccer team is conducting a PCR test for a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) at the Radisson Blue Park Royal Palace Hotel in Vienna, Austria on the 12th (local time). [사진 대한축구협회]

At the start of the Mexico match on the 14th at 9 p.m. local time (15 to 5 a.m. KST), only players and staff who tested negative on the Corona 19 Gene Amplification (PCR) test performed on the 14th will participate. Players and staff who currently test positive will be quarantined locally for 10 days. After that, the quarantine is canceled only after a corona 19 diagnostic test is rerun and a negative test is obtained.

On the other hand, the team and the technical staff of the national team performed a PCR Corona 19 test within 72 hours after departure or incorporation, and all negatives were confirmed. In accordance with FIFA regulations, a second test was held at 5 pm on the 12th, two days before the match, and Chang-Hoon Kwon, Chang-Hoon Lee, Hyun-woo Cho, In-beom Hwang and one of staff members were positive.

At 8 am on the 14th, all members who tested negative in the second round were tested again. Nineteen people who tested negative as a result of the test will compete in Mexico. The positive respondents, Moon-Hwan Kim and Sang-Ho Na, are excluded from the list and undergo a reconfirmation process for body odor samples.

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