It has already been reported that the head coach of the Spanish basketball club “Barcelona” Šarūns Jasikevičs and his assistant Darius Maskoliūnas are infected with Covid-19.
The presence of the virus in the Spanish team was detected after Friday’s ULEB Euroleague match with CSKA. Barcelona reported the situation to the team on Saturday morning, but in the evening of the same day, CSKA also reported three cases.
The Russian team reports that Sagittarius, Nikol Milutinov, as well as Semyon Antonov have been infected with the virus in its ranks.
All three of the above players are the first to be diagnosed with the virus after the start of the Euroleague season, which took place on the first day of October.
The club reports that the basketball players have already tested on Friday, but are currently in self-isolation.
Significantly, Milutinov and Sagittarius remained in Russia on Friday and did not participate in the Euroleague game against “Barcelona”. Meanwhile, Antonov spent the whole match on the reserve bench.
Barcelona has not reported any other cases since.
CSKA on Sunday will have a duel with Krasnodar’s “Lokomotiv-Kuban” in the United League, but on October 8, a game against Tel Aviv’s “Maccabi” is expected in the Euroleague tournament.
ULEB Euroleague rules stipulate that a team may play the game if eight basketball players are registered. Otherwise, the club is awarded a technical loss of 0:20.
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