Atletico Madrid said on Sunday that two team members tested positive for coronavirus before their Champions League quarter-final match against RB Leipzig. Positive controls came here from COVID-19 control on Saturday, and the other two people who tested positive are now isolated. The Spanish club will play in Lisbon, Portugal, on Thursday.
Atletico Madrid revealed who tested positive, but said it would replace its testing and education programs to adhere to UEFA protocols.
Here is the team statement:
On Saturday, 8 August, all the members of the first team and the club’s expedition to Lisbon underwent the PCR tests in the Sports City of Majadahonda as required by UEFA’s protocol to participate in the champions league quarter-finals. Among the effects known today, two positives appeared, remote in their respective homes, and which were communicated without delay to the Spanish and Portuguese fitness authorities, UEFA, the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the Portuguese Federation and the Superior Council of Sports. In addition, the corresponding protocol of action envisaged for these instances has been activated, which requires the finishing of new PCR tests in the first team and members of the expedition to Lisbon and contacts closer to the positive instances, which motivates adjustments in educational hours. in the layout and progression and accommodation in the Portuguese capital. The club will coordinate the new schedules with UEFA and as soon as there is a new plan, it will be made public.
Atleti has played since his League season ended on July 19.
All Champions League matches for the rest of the festival will take place in Lisbon, and UEFA will not be able to reduce the team’s travels through the coronavirus pandemic. Competition resumed this weekend after a break of approximately five months caused by the pandemic.
The quarter-finals are scheduled to begin on Wednesday and the last is scheduled to be played on August 23. All Champions League and Europa League matches can be broadcast on CBS All Access.
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