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The biggest outbreak was registered in the Zenit team in St. Petersburg.
On Sunday, the Russian club announced that up to 13 team members had been diagnosed with coronavirus, including 8 players.
Among the sick basketball players is Artūras Gudaitis, who was the first to report on Saturday 15 minutes. Also, former Žalgiris resident Kevin Pangos.
Zenit has suspended the team’s training sessions and is asking the Euroleague to postpone two games this week. Both will take place in Spain on Tuesday in Vitoria and on Thursday in Valencia.
It is true that, according to Euroleague protocol, a team that cannot deliver eight players to the match due to COVID-19 is in danger of a 0-20 technical defeat.
Zenit infected players: Artūras Gudaitis, Kevin Pangos, Billy Baron, Austin Hollins, Mateusz Ponitka, Anton Pushkov, Vladislav Trushkin, Igor Volchin; coaches: Xavi Pascualis, Inigo Zorzano, Sergejus Vozniukas and Jaroslav Jalovčiukas; masseuse Andrei Kozlov.
| The team | Cases | Players |
| Sankt Peterburg “Zenit” | 13 | 8 |
| Chimki, Moscow Oblast | 5 | 5 |
| “Barcelona” | 4 | one |
| Vilerbano ASVEL | 4 | 3 |
| Moscow CSKA | 3 | 3 |
| Kaunas “Žalgiris” | one | one |
Right after Friday’s game in St. Petersburg, a Barcelona basketball player returned home. True, the club had not yet revealed its name until Monday morning.
This is the fourth case of the Barça team. It is true that the good news came from the club late on Sunday night: Šarūnas Jasikevičius defeated the coronavirus and, according to Spanish rules, could already lead Barcelona basketball players in the matches on Tuesday and Thursday. Interestingly, this contradicts the Euroleague protocol, which provides for mandatory self-isolation of at least 14 days. In Spain, the law requires 10 days of mandatory self-isolation.
Lithuanian national team leader Coach Darius Maskoliūnas and another anonymous Barcelona staff member have not yet recovered from COVID-19.
VIDEO: A crazy week in Barcelona. Shar in self-isolation: a team in St. Petersburg
In France there was an unpleasant case. Wilerban ASVEL defender Norris Cole is suspected of starting a Sunday match at the French Championship while suffering from COVID-19.
ASVEL had a positive test result just before the match with Cholet. Vilerban’s team has yet to officially announce it, but it is suspected that COVID-19 was specifically established for N. Cole. The two-time NBA champion was on the field for 40 seconds and was immediately replaced.
After the game, Schole Mayor Gilles Bourdouleix threatened legal action.
“There will be no more games in our arena until French basketball is ruled by a completely irresponsible league. Faced with such behavior by the ASVEL club, a released sick player, I will press criminal charges against the club and the league. Irresponsibility for this! virus must be punished! ”Said the politician on Twitter.
The coronavirus has been identified for two other ASVEL players, Kevarrius Hayes and Matthew Strazel, as well as the boss. Coach TJ Parker.
Positive tests for COVID-19 at the ASVEL camp sprouted after Friday’s match in Milan with Olimpia. With the exception of Žalgiris, ASVEL was the first team outside of Russia to infect players.
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The situation in Žalgiris is unique in that Joffrey Lauvergne may have been misdiagnosed with a coronavirus. Thursday’s test showed France was suffering from COVID-19, but repeated tests on Friday and Saturday were negative.
It is not yet clear if one of the leaders of “Žalgiris” will be able to return to the square this week. The National Center for Public Health treats the legionnaire as sick and will require special permits to return to the ranks.
Lauvergne was quick to announce his future comeback on social media, but soon after erased his own record, saying he would return to the park in a match in Serbia on Tuesday.
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Three cases of coronavirus were detected at the beginning of the season at the CSKA Moscow club: Nikola Milutinov, Janis Strelniekas and Semion Antonov fell ill.
Rhymes Kurtinaitis can count five of them in his camp: COVID-19 set for Jordan Mickey, Greg Monroe, Janis Timma, Maxim Barashkov, and Yevgeny Voronov.
Like Zenit, Chimki calls for a match to be postponed for two weeks. R. Kurtinaitis students will play in Madrid on Wednesday and in Vitoria on Friday.
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