Nikola Mirotic part positive with coronavirus last weekend, so you cannot participate in the double day of the Euroleague that is disputed these days. On Friday he had faced the Zenit de San Petersburgo, which in turn has accumulated so many infected that it has been unable to gather eight players to compete in Europe. Mirotic may have been infected in that encounter, but also previously, because his own coach, Sarunas Jasikevicius, was convalescing from the disease in previous days. Anything is possible, the virus is everywhere. In the Euroleague, however, it hits more in some countries than in others. Especially in russia. Another example: el Khimki has come to play with Real Madrid with an arsenal of casualties. And also in France. The two shocks of Asvel Villeurbanne against Panathinaikos and Red Star they have been annulled like those of Zenit. A message from Jasikevicius coincides with what the vast majority think: “The Euroleague tries to hold on and hold on, but in some places the situation is out of control”.
To “hold on and hold on”, the Euroleague agreed on rules, which this Wednesday has begun to modify on the fly. It is already a step. Basically, matches can be rescheduled three times, with a deadline in each phase, whether the reason is local restrictions or own positives.. These rules ensure survival, but they do not cushion the chaos. The ACB protocol is stricter. With an infected person, in Spain everyone is isolated until the tests are repeated, but Europe only separates the infected. Also here, an outbreak of three positives postpones the clash, while the Euroleague does not set a limit as long as a minimum of players appear. Three days have been enough to claim the urgency of solutions. And more so with such an ambitious schedule, which has not been relaxed as expected during a pandemic.
