Astra, on the air 24 hours before the game! LPF reaction

• CONTEXT: Astra has reported 15 players infected with the new coronavirus and claims that they cannot play the match with Dinamo: details HERE;
• In response, the Professional Football League requested a new test, after to make a final decision tomorrow about the confrontation in the National Arena;
• concrete, Astra must have at least 13 players available, including U21 players from List B.

“At the moment, we have 15 players who have tested positive for Astra. It is an unfortunate situation for them. I had a discussion with those at DSP Giurgiu. Initially, they were reluctant to request a new test, but then we reached a common denominator. Those who have been in direct contact with positive players will take the test again. If they have negative results, they will resume their activity.

Now, we are waiting for the test results. If we receive them in due time, at least 6 hours before the match, and Astra meets the criteria for a match, the match will take place. I understand that the retest was done today and I will receive the results tomorrow. I don’t know if they tried all of them, I understand that the program at the clinic has closed. But they still have time to finish the test tomorrow.

There is also a list of players under 21 that Astra can use. However, we will obey the decisions of the DSP, we have no medical training. Postponement is also possible, according to regulations. Tomorrow, around noon, we will make a decision. Now if we take into account list A and list B, the game is not postponed”Ștefan said on Digi Sport’s“ Euro Fotbal ”show.

How does Astra motivate the postponement of the game with Dinamo?

The A list of our club, although it has 23 players registered, has only 18 with the right to play, considering that Takayuki Seto, Kehinde Fatai and Alexandru Ioniță are sanctioned, Baicu is undergoing surgery and Valentin Gheorghe is sanctioned by the red card. Likewise, it was not taken into account that the second team of our club has a match scheduled in League 3, starting at 3:00 p.m. So from the number of players you found to be able to play, you must subtract 16 and thus we arrive at a number of 8 valid players for the ninth round of League 1.

Therefore, the Medical Protocol criteria are not met, so the game must be postponed according to this criteria. Given this situation, we also ordered the test of the group of players from the second team, so we are not sure that we can play the game in League 3, the situation being very risky, because some of the players in this group were in training from the first bands
– Astra, official request to LPF

Regarding the match that Giurgiu’s second team will play in the 3rd League, Ștefan hinted that it could be rescheduled: “I think the League 1 matches are more important than the League 3 -a matches from all points of view. There is a dialogue with FRF and we will make the best decision for the competition ”.

The CCA has already ordered the delegation of the central referee for tomorrow night’s match, between Dinamo and Astra, at the National Arena: according to information from GSP.ro, it is Lucian Rusandu.

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