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Even if the members of the Nordic team delegation, but also the Federation, requested permission to travel to Romania, which was also linked to Vienna, the health authorities were categorically opposed, as all footballers and staff members were considered direct contacts with Elabdellaoui. the defender tested positive.
Official reaction of the Norwegian Ministry of Health, on the trip to Romania
Bent Hoie, Norway’s health minister, said a few hours after the Nordic team had to leave for Bucharest that the move, had it been made, would have violated current anti-COVID rules, implying that this will not happen again. .
“The matches to be played in Romania and Austria would have been illegal here in Norway. With the travel plan presented to us, the departure of the Norwegian national team would have been left in a gray area.
One thing is clear, people who have come into contact with a person with COVID-19 must remain in solitary confinement for 10 days. I hope that footballers understand that if they don’t respect these rules, people’s trust in these rules will decrease. It would not be fair for the national team to take this trip“Bent Hoie said, according to TV2.no.
If they do not receive, even at 12 o’clock, the permission to leave the country, Norway will lose the match with Romania at the green table, the same will happen in the case of the match with Austria, scheduled for 18 November.
With two stages remaining to play in the Nations League group, Norway and Austria are in the first two positions, with nine points each, Romania is in three, with four points, while the last position belongs to Ireland of the North, with a point. , obtained in Bucharest.
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