According to Tebas, there were eight positive results in 2,500 tests carried out among the players and other employees and members of the clubs' technical commissions. The league said the athletes will be isolated and will be able to provide tests for people who live with them.
With such results, Spanish football makes plans. In his participation in the “Vamos” show on “Movistar +”, Tebas launched the campaign “VolverEsGanar” (BackIsWinning). The director promised daily football for 35 days.
The La Liga president confirmed that the organization's current plan is to restart the Spanish Championship and the Second Division on Friday, June 12. With that, the tournament would go on until July 17. "Nobody knows. It will depend on the possible twists and turns and that everyone complies with the rules. The virus is still around. But if it is possible to return on June 12, that would be the best,” declared Tebas.
According to "As" newspaper, the Spanish league informed the 20 representatives of the first division that the restart of the championship will be on June 12. The clubs started training this weekend already bearing in mind that the return of the games should happen on that date. With that, there would be practically a month of recovery from the confinement caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, the LFP announced on Sunday that five players tested positive for the COVID-19.
According to a report in the Spanish newspaper this Sunday, the resumption on June 12 still depends on the approval of the Ministry of Health. Another alternative is to have game again on June 19.
Thus, the Spanish Championship would take place in the months of June and July, and August would be the month for other competitions, such as the Champions League (Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid are still alive in the tournament).
According to information released this Sunday on "Cope" radio, of all tests for COVID-19 carried out on more than a thousand players from the first and second division of Spain, only five were positive. The Spanish Professional Football League (LFP) announced on Sunday that five players, "all asymptomatic and in the final stages of the disease", tested positive for the coronavirus, after medical examinations before the start of training.
"Specifically, including the clubs of LaLiga Santander (first division) and LaLiga SmartBank (second division), five positive cases were detected in players, all asymptomatic and in the final stage of the disease, whose specific identity LaLiga does not know in accordance with the Organic Law Data Protection," announced the LFP.
In early May, the Spanish government announced a special plan for professional football players: after medical examinations, individual training and small group sessions were allowed. The games will be authorized in the fourth and final phase, with the condition of not gathering more than 400 people in the place. The League expects "a return to competition in June" with closed gates.
In its statement, the LFP also remembers "next steps" for players who tested positive. First, they must remain in quarantine "doing the same physical activity they were practicing," a few days later they will repeat the screening test and, after obtaining two negatives, they can return to the club's facilities.
Among the players who tested positive is Atlético Madrid's Renan Lodi, confirmed this week with a message from his club on social media. The Spanish championship has been suspended since March due to the coronavirus pandemic. Spain, one of the countries most affected with more than 26,000 deaths, started this week to reduce the containment measures in place since March 14, which allowed the return to training.
Source: GMB / Globoesporte.com
