The day after Sergio Busquets’ coronavirus test inside the City of Football bubble, a misunderstanding was generated during the sports preparation with less than a week to go before the start of the European Championship. The remaining 23 internationals underwent new tests, while the Federation still did not understand why none of them had yet received the vaccine.
The tests carried out on Sunday left Busquets’ COVID-19 positive and there is a fear that some other footballer, with whom the captain of the Spanish national team has lived since last Monday, may have been infected. In the Federation there is misunderstanding about the situation they are living in, without understanding the reasons why they have vaccinated athletes who have options to play in the Olympic Games this summer in Tokyo and not the players chosen to defend Spain in the European Championship. . They argue that the health measures have been adequate and have strictly followed all medical instructions from the Ministry of Health and UEFA to protect themselves from the coronavirus, so there is discomfort at not having prospered the request made by the President, Luis Rubiales, who would have avoided the risk of infection and the consequences that are being suffered seven days before the match in Seville against Sweden.
According to UEFA, if a federation is unable to present a team with a minimum of 13 players, the match will be rescheduled within the next 48 hours. In the event of failure to do so, the UEFA Discipline Control, Ethics and Discipline Committee (CEDB) will take a decision on this matter and the match will be considered lost (3-0) to the responsible team. Luis Enrique has cited Rodrigo, Fornals, Carlos Soler and Brais Méndez urgently in case there are new casualties.
While this situation is resolved, Luis de la Fuente’s Spanish under-21 team will play today the friendly that Luis Enrique’s team had planned against Lithuania (20.45).
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