A masquerade … literally. On Saturday evening, in the Spanish Championship, professional handball players Leon and Sinfin were forced to play their match with a mask on their face, as reported by the Spanish press and the Handnews site.
This unlikely situation is due to a new regulation decided by the government of the province of Castile and Leon to deal with the resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic, which entered into force the same day.
Trained by the prestigious technician Manolo Cadenas, Leon (who won the game 31-23) is one of the great strongholds of Iberian handball, champion of Spain in 2000 and still engaged in the Champions League two years ago. But the Spanish Championship, deeply affected by the economic crisis for a decade, has lost much of its luster. With the exception of FC Barcelona, which goes it alone on the national stage to the point of registering … 50 goals against Valladolid on Saturday (50-24).
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