JAKARTA – La Liga and the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) have agreed to indefinitely extend the suspension of the 2019-20 season.
Spain’s major soccer leagues, along with most sports competitions and events around the world, are experiencing delays amid the COVID-19 pandemic or coronavirus.
On March 12, La Liga made the decision to postpone the season until at least the beginning of April. This was done after the Real Madrid squad was forced into quarantine when one of the club’s basketball players was declared positive for respiratory disease.
The president of the League, Javier Tebas, has previously said that he is confident that the season will be completed, while also expecting that all European leagues will be finished before June 30, with the suspension of Euro 2020 and the Copa América of 2020 for next year.
However, as Spain is still in a state of emergency and its government continues to try to limit the spread of COVID-19, La Liga and the RFEF agree that professional football will only return when the authorities guarantee that everything does not pose a risk to public health .
“The RFEF and La Liga have approved the suspension of professional football competitions until the competent authorities of the Spanish Government and the general administration of the State consider that this can continue and not pose any risk to health,” said the statement from the RFEF, as Soccerway reported on Wednesday, March 25.
“Both the RFEF and La Liga want to show their greatest gratitude to all those who dedicated their best efforts to provide essential services to the citizens of Spain, and we also want to show our sincere respect for all the deceased and the warm welcome from the world of football to all the families who lost loved ones. “
More than 15,000 people have died from COVID-19, with nearly 350,000 confirmed cases worldwide. So far, there have been more than 33,000 cases and more than 2,000 deaths in Spain.
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