Moreirense refuses Santa Clara’s request to postpone the game

Moreirense refused to postpone the match of the second round of the I League against Santa Clara, scheduled for next Sunday.

In a statement on its website, Moreirense states that «this morning [quinta-feira], at 9:45 am, the chairman of the Board of Directors of Moreirense SAD communicated via telephone to the chairman of the Board of Directors of Santa Clara Açores – Futebol, SAD, that he regretted not being able to accede to the request for adjournment».

O request for adjournment by the Azoreans came up on the basis in the nine positive cases of covid-19 in players, at a time when the calendar is also intense for Daniel Ramos’ team, who this Thursday played in Slovenia against Olimpija Ljubljana, winning 1-0 with only 14 players available.

«Santa Clara Azores – Futebol, SAD intends to compete as it successfully competed this Thursday and next Thursday counting for the Europa Conference League play-off, but postpone the game counting for the 1st League. The scheduling of the games and the constraint caused by their overload was known to the companies in competition», continues the note from the administration led by Vítor Magalhães.

The Minho also remembered the defeat suffered at Rio Ave (2-0), on October 31, 2020, in the sixth round of the 2020/2021 League, when they competed «only with one goalkeeper and five athletes on the bench, without spearheads or technical team», due to an identical outbreak of covid-19, which suspended the club’s activities.

«This society has just seen its seventh journey [receção ao Paços de Ferreira] rescheduled the day before, when the focus of infection had spread to all the other athletes that made up the squad, with the exception of two», ends the statement.

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