The Colts reported on the cases of Mario García, Technician, and Jorge Santillana, sports president, which had nothing to do with the friendly match against America
MEXICO — Atlante reported that the technical director, Mario García, and his sports president, Jorge Santillana, are infected by COVID-19, although they exonerate America of any fault, after having played a friendly match last Tuesday at the Coapa facilities.
“In the case study and epidemiological follow-up, in no way can it be linked to the recent training match that we held with Club América, because it began with symptoms on Tuesday 19 of this month, so it was immediately isolated of the team and the PCR test was carried out ”, reported the Expansion League club.
The precision is made after the controversy generated by the match between Monterrey and America, on matchday two, which triggered six infections in the Eagles team, including Nicolás Benedetti, who tested positive for Coronavirus.
“It should be noted that in accordance with the protocols established by the Expansion League, we have the serological results performed on the campus, which were delivered to us today and show that 34 members of our campus have high IgG and negative IgM titers. which indicates that they have protective antibodies to the disease, allowing us to safely carry out our meeting agreed for today, Thursday, January 21, against CF Correcaminos ”.
He América pointed to Monterrey in a statement, because 19 positive cases were detected in the royal club and it is believed that some of those soccer balls played infected at BBVA Bacomer.
“However, in a preventive manner and following the guidelines established by the Club’s medical area and the Expansion League protocol, this Friday 22nd PCR tests will be carried out in order to guarantee the integrity of our players, as well like that of our sporting rival next Tuesday, Tlaxcala FC ”, informed Atlante, in a press release.
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