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The Algarve bell has not arrived and there are already 12 (9 athletes) infected. Control is tightened so that the Europa League is not compromised.
Sporting isolated itself in a “bubble” to cut the transmission chains of the covid-19 and thus stop the growing number of cases in the group, with the clear intention of playing all the scheduled matches, but the efforts were unsuccessful and yesterday another player and a staff member were positive.
Thus, the green and white emblem further toughened the rules and control, which will now be daily with regard to screening tests, to ensure that there are no more games at risk, that is, the Europa League against Aberdeen in Next Thursday, after the first of 2020/21 has already been postponed (the match against Gil Vicente, for the I League, which was scheduled for this Saturday).
The Green-and-White team learned that if they beat Aberdeen, the winner of LASK Linz (Austria) -Dunajska Streda (Slovakia) will play as opponents in the Europa League group stage playoff. But it is essential to be able to play against the Scots and UEFA has stipulated that it is the local authorities that carry out health control and determine the eventual complete isolation of a squad. That is exactly what the DGS did with the Belarusian Under-21 team when it presented six positive cases weeks ago, preventing it from playing against Portugal (the match has no new date yet). In club competitions, three teams have already been eliminated in similar circumstances (Slovan Bratislava, Prishtina and even KF Drita), as they were also visiting and the local authorities did not allow them to play with positive cases. In this sense, the fact that the greens and whites can isolate those infected from the group, at home, plays in favor of the Portuguese team.
After the first case emerged in the green and white group on Saturday, there were four more test batteries. When the list reached ten people (eight players, the coach Rúben Amorim and the clinical director João Pedro Araújo), the option was to return to Lagos, Algarve, on Wednesday, where the preseason internship took place. , to start working in total isolation. 19 players traveled, but as the incubation period was still in effect, there was always the risk of more infections in the group, as happened yesterday. There are already 12 positive cases (of which nine are players) and the athlete who joined the list yesterday presented symptoms. Although the positive cases have increased even in a dome, the lion works with the health authorities and following the appropriate protocols.
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