The duel between Real Madrid and Barcelona scheduled for this January 2 at 6:30 p.m. has finally been postponed. The ‘Classic’ of Spanish basketball cannot be played because of the many positives that have been registered in the last hours in the squad of Barcelona with the coach Sarunas Jasikevicius and the players Nicolás Laprovittola and Brandon Davies as the last affected.
The ACB issued a statement that read: «The Real Madrid-Barça match, scheduled for this coming Sunday, January 2 at 6:30 p.m., and corresponding to matchday 16 of the Endesa League, has been postponed due to the situation of positive cases due to COVID-19 that affect the Barça squad, after knowing the result of the PCR test to which he has undergone this Friday. The ACB will soon communicate the new date for the dispute of the match.
This match joins a cascade of suspensions leaving only matchday 16 of the ACB league with the duels between Casademont Zaragoza and Valencia Basket-Gran Canaria.
Real Madrid, meanwhile, has survived a tremendous outbreak that began on December 14 with the positives of coach Pablo Laso and player Thomas Heurtel. Subsequently six more players from the first team have tested positive, But that did not stop the Whites from continuing to compete, even achieving a heroic victory against CSKA.
This week the positive by Sergio Llull, Carlos Alocén and Jeff Taylor, despite the reincorporation of several troops to the team such as the aforementioned Laso. The white team will not be able to play against the Catalans, who saw how their plague began in Vitoria after a Euroleague match this past Friday.
