Sparta footballers celebrate a goal scored in the Jablonec net in the match of the highest competition.
Vlastimil Vacek, Right
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Liberec will welcome the Belgian Ghent at the beginning of the group phase of the European League, Sparta will host the French Lille. The third Czech representative in the Slavia Prague competition will play the first round against Hapoel Beer Ševa in Israel.
In the Czech Republic, all sports competitions have been banned since Monday due to stricter measures against the spread of coronavirus. An exception may be made for international events, as has already happened in the case of the WTA tennis tournament in Ostrava and the MMA gala evening in Brno.
Football clubs @ACSparta_CZ a @FCSlovanLiberec just received an exemption to host a European League match. Thank you, Mrs. Chief Hygienist Rážová, for the perfect cooperation. pic.twitter.com/1qXd39Hobp
– Milan Hnilička (@MilanHnilicka) October 15, 2020
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“We appreciate the exceptions very much,” assures Ondřej Kasík, Sparta’s director of communications, in his first reaction.
“Both we and professional football do our best to protect the football environment from coronavirus infection as much as possible. The situation in the republic is not good, so we appreciate the supportive attitude of the National Sports Agency and the Ministry of Health, “Kasík acknowledges.
It will be played without spectators
Sparta and Slovan are now waiting for an official document that will tell them how many people are allowed to take part in the match.
Midfielder Michal @ Sadilek32 joined the training with the team in Liberec today #FCSL… pic.twitter.com/gqVaRDcQhC
– FC Slovan Liberec (@FCSlovanLiberec) October 15, 2020
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The auditorium of both stadiums will remain empty, the game will be played without spectators.
According to the determined quotas, both clubs can prepare the match. On Tuesday, UEFA teams will be inspected by the organizing association to the venue of all European League matches.
In Letná, he solves marodka
Sparta leads the Czech league with a full score, however, it faces a significant impact on the stabilized autumn team. While she lost the Szczecin stopwatch for many months during the September national events, she was now injured in another pillar of Čelůstka’s defense in Scotland, and Dočkal and Hložek became infected with coronavirus in Cyprus.
Joel Abu (right) from Israel and Ondřej Čelůstka.
Ronen Zvulun, Reuters
After returning to Prague, the team undergoes the necessary examinations and coach Kotal will pray that he will have a key trio of representatives against Lille at his disposal.
Slovan had a much more optimistic Thursday. For the first time, the representative Sadílek, a large reinforcement from Eindhoven, took part in the training with the team.
Slavia is also in anticipation
After negotiations between the League Football Association and the NSA with the Ministry of Health, football teams and other professional athletes will eventually be able to continue training fully. An exception applies to them, according to which persons employed and self-employed are excluded from the regulation on the limitation of assembly to a maximum of six people.
The LFA has received official confirmation with interpretation from @ZdravkoOnline that professional clubs can train without numerical limitations, as with both players and real members. teams is their main gainful activity.
It is still not possible to use the interior, which will be further discussed.
– League Football Association (@LFAcze) October 14, 2020
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If Liberec, Slavia and Sparta could not train fully, they would be even more disadvantaged against rivals in the European League. Unlike the upcoming opponents, the Czech trio will not play on the weekend due to stopping the domestic league and will not have a match practice.
The ban on sports competitions is still valid until November 3, but due to further developments the situation may be extended. Then Slavia, who is to welcome Leverkusen in the second round of the European League on October 29 in Eden on October 29, would have to ask for an exception.
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