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Mattias Bjärsmyr is the first confirmed case of covid-19 at IFK Gothenburg and will be announced on the same day that the club will face Malmö FF away.
On its website, the club announces that Sunday’s opponents have been informed of the situation and that all available measures have been taken to reduce the spread of the infection.
In addition, he is currently the only one in the club that has been infected.
“He is completely symptom free and has been isolated from the rest of the team since the beginning of the week.” No other personnel showed any symptoms or tested positive for the coronavirus. “writes IFK Gothenburg on their website.
When GP comes to sporting director Pontus Farnerud, he tells him in more detail what happened.
Bjärsmyr was thus cut off from the rest of the player squad earlier in the week. The reason for this was not that he himself had tested positive for the coronavirus, but because family members had.
– It has been kept away and has been continuously tested ever since. The first tests he did were negative. Then they turned positive, says Pontus Farnerud.
– You have no symptoms and you have not had any symptoms. He has been infected through his family.
Is there still a risk that he may have infected someone else on the players team?
– That risk must be minimal when he did tests and was negative when he left the squad of players and was isolated from it. We have done everything in the minutes, thus assuming full responsibility. We have followed it very clearly and we act very responsibly with our own group of players and also with the opponents.
IFK Gothenburg contacted Malmö FF and briefed them on the situation before they posted the news on the website themselves.
– Considering the situation and the process that has been, we have no responsibility to our opponents to do anything. Anyway, we spoke with Malmö, more to give them the information before it came out.
How did this affect you before the meeting with Malmö FF?
– Nothing. More than that, Mattias is not available, that’s all.
When will he be able to return to training and games?
– Will continue testing, we’ll see. We follow the protocol.
Have you had other cases of Covid-19 in the club?
– Not now.
Earlier?
– There have been previous cases in the club, but not in team A. We are a large association with many employees.
As for the rest of the situation in the IFK Gothenburg squad, Jakob Johansson is absent for the meeting with Malmö FF. The midfielder has had some injuries during the week.
– The two (Pontus Wernbloom and Jakob Johansson) have some flaws from before. It’s a bit like that and we have to work on it, said Roland Nilsson earlier this week.
– We hope it will be available for the next game, says Pontus Farnerud.
Facts: IFK Gothenburg squad for Malmö FF match
Giannis Anestis, Tom Amos, Emil Holm, Kristopher Da Graca, André Calisir, Jesper Tolinsson, Alexander Jallow, Yahya Kalley, August Erlingmark, Alhassan Yusuf, Tobias Sana, Amin Affane, Giorgi Kharaishvili, Sargon Abraham, Patrik Karlsson Lagemyr, Hosam Aies Robin soder
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