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The Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP) considered this Friday that there were “conditions for the match” Feirense-Chaves, from the first day of LigaPro, despite the detection of four positive cases of covid-19 in the Flavian squad.
In a note published on the official website, the organization explained that “the Regional Health Authorities and the National Health Authority decided that the conditions for the match were not met”, committing to investigate the origin of the infections in the visiting team .
“La Liga Portugal, and despite the conditions for the performance of the game, according to the Recovery Plan and in compliance with Law 3 of the Laws of the Game, now undertakes to know the reasons that led to the existence of these cases in Chaves Squad ”, indicated the LPFP.
The organizer of professional competitions assures to have decided, “in a proactive way, to delay the start of the meeting”, after receiving the indication that the health authorities opposed it “, through Dr. Rui Capucho, from ACES. [Agrupamento de Centros de Saúde] do Alto Tâmega and Barroso, shortly before 20:00 “.
LPFP requested “official information about what happened” and stated that “Dr. Rui Capucho’s report arrived, officially and in writing, to the Portugal League at 8:24 p.m., indicating that the Regional Health Authorities and the Authority Nacional de Salud decided that the conditions for said meeting were not met. “
The note from the League of Clubs came after the Board of Directors of SAD do Chaves and the Directorate of the Flavian club reported that the Directorate General of Health (DGS) had not authorized the holding of the LigaPro inaugural round match.
According to what was made public, two players and two coaches of the Chaves technical team tested positive and, following the protocol validated by the DGS even last season, when the League was resumed, the elements in question were immediately placed in isolation “, noted the LPFP.
During the morning, the Trás-os-Montes club revealed that midfielder Guzzo, goalkeeper Samu and assistant coaches Pedro Machado and Tiago Castro tested positive for covid-19, although asymptomatic, and, at the moment of kick-off, the information. that the game should not be played.
With the two teams ready to start the match, referee João Gonçalves received a phone call and traveled briefly to the access tunnel to the field of play, having, 27 minutes after the scheduled start time, to whistle for the players to pick up at the spa.
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