Tonight, at 9:00 p.m. saint Louis Y Pachuca open the curtain on Clausura 2022 Tournament. A season that will have a difficult start due to the increase in cases of covid-19 that has occurred in the country and that also affects Mexican soccer.
A few hours before the competition begins, the Liga Mx reported that 116 positive cases have been reported in all categories of Mexican football: 39 in the First Division; 24 in Expansion League; 13 in the Liga Mx Women, and 40 in the categories of basic forces (U-20, 18, 17, 16 and 14), which represents three percent of the total number of registered players, this without counting members of the staff and managers, as it was announced Liga Mx through a press release.
In the last hours, America confirmed three positive cases in its staff; too Blue Cross, in the voice of Juan Reynoso, reported that in these two weeks he has had a total of six infections of covid. Of course, confidence is full in the Mx League to keep everyone safe.
“We are well and on alert so that the cases do not add up; I think that Mx League he is capable enough to handle this moment, I think the ideal is that we all have all the players, but it is the League’s decision to do what is best for everyone, “said the La Machine coach.
A postponed match
On Tuesday night, Mikel Arriola, president of the Mx League, had advanced to The Hobby TV that this Wednesday the decision would be made to reschedule games according to the infections that the latest tests carried out would show.
Well, according to the sanitary protocol, the Mx League determined that the meeting scheduled for this Saturday, January 8 between Santos Y Tigers, to be played at the TSM stadium, will take place until next Wednesday, January 12, with a schedule to be defined, due to the fact that the team led by Miguel Herrera presented 12 cases of positive soccer players covid-19.
Since last Monday, when the university students received the results of the antigen tests, there were 10 positive cases and now, 72 hours before the duel against Santos, the PCR tests showed the increase of infected.
Another of the matches that is prone to being rescheduled is the duel between Pumas Y Toluca, which will be held next Sunday at noon in Ciudad Universitaria. Until yesterday, the choriceros registered 11 positive cases to covid-19, but the Mx League will wait until this Friday for the PCR tests to yield the latest results to know if this meeting will also be rescheduled. The other games continue on their schedule.
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