Managing Director of Cova da Piedade: «I’d rather lose three points than someone lose their life» – Cova da Piedade

Edgar Rodrigues, general manager of Cova da Piedade, explained why his team will not appear in Estoril, in the match that was scheduled for 18:30, this Friday.

“At the beginning of the week, after the Leixões game, there were players who were examined, as they had symptoms. Of these seven players, six tested positive. Then the whole team was tested and the health delegate said that we couldn’t do anything. We did the tests and we have 15 players and a few more infected staff, so we only have nine players available, one of whom is unregistered and the other is long-injured, so the The health delegate said that there are no conditions for Cova da Piedade to travel to Estoril, due to all these factors, under penalty of committing a crime, “he began by telling Sport TV. The coach attacked the Portugal League, giving the example of Sporting: “Sporting has 50 and many registered players and Gil Vicente is in his 30s and the League did everything possible to postpone the game that was played this week. The fact that there are many players does not prevent these situations anywhere in the world. “

Edgar Rodrigues also mentioned that the club will fight against this injustice with all possible means and also attacked the General Directorate of Health, the Almada Health delegate and even the Health Minister, Marta Temido.

“The Health delegate decided that the false negatives, that is, those players who were in direct contact with the positives, would also be distanced. I ask how I will disobey the DGS and put my team in Estoril. We are not to blame. Marta Temido said that she will defend the health delegate in any instance. War between the League and the DGS? I do not think so. We go to court until the last resort, because we have one thing: I’d rather lose three points than someone lose their life. “, stressed