Anger after controversial barbecue: 16 (!) Positive corona cases in Uruguay | Football

sport">“When I look at the photos, there has been no check at all,” the president told the Spanish radio station The spar, referring to images showing how several players of Uruguay sat around a campfire, one maté drunk and kept no distance.

sport">“We are sad and worried. Lucas and Luis were in good shape and it is very difficult to accept that they cannot play. We risked a lot by letting these players go to their national team and now they are not there. ”

sport">Diego Godín is also infected with the corona virus. The Cagliari defender is already the sixteenth person of the selection and guiding staff of the Uruguay national football team with a positive test.

sport">Gabriel Neves, Matías Viña, Luis Suárez, Rodrigo Muñoz, Alexis Rolín, Diego Rossi, Lucas Torreira, Darwin Núñez and Brian Rodriguez preceded him, while six officials were also tested positive. Atlético Madrid chairman Enrique Cerezo is considering filing a complaint against Uruguay’s union. “They have not been careful,” said the president of the club who has to miss Suárez for the time being.

sport">Daniel Salinas, Uruguay’s health minister, has now asked his country’s national football association for clarification. He has seen a photo of nine soccer players from the national team having a barbecue. Five of them have become infected.

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