The Premier League has refused to postpone this Thursday’s meeting between Leicester City and Tottenham despite outbreaks of covid on both computers.
Brendan Rodgers, Leicester coach, complained about the lack of support from the Premier and pointed out that they have nine players out due to covid and for other medical problems, while Tottenham have seen their last two games postponed and, right now, only have 16 first-team players available.
“We have a lot of players out, in total there are nine players unavailable due to covid and other medical reasons. We would like them to give us some support given the circumstances. We have five games in thirteen days, it is a difficult period even when you have all the roster available, but right now it’s a lot worse, “Rodgers said.
The ‘Foxes’ coach also stated that the game that his team won 4-0 against Newcastle United was close to being suspended due to covid problems of the team.
This week the only game suspended in the Premier was the duel that should have been played this Tuesday between Brentford and Manchester United. The Premier made the decision on Monday night to postpone the match after the facilities of the first team of the ‘Red Devils’ were closed to avoid infections.
For its part, Tottenham, which reported eight cases of footballers last week, have 16 first-team players available, after returning to training this Sunday, using many U23 players.
Tottenham asks to play the game against Rennes
Antonio Conte, Tottenham Hotspur coach, asked to be able to play the last match of the Conference League group stage against Rennes, in which the classification to the next round is played.
The duel, which should have been played last week, it had to be suspended due to the covid outbreak in the English team, which also forced postponement of this weekend’s game against Brighton & Hove Albion.
This suspension gave rise to the possibility that he was given the match lost to Tottenham, which would mean their elimination from the European competition, as they need a victory against Rennes to access the next round. In this Monday’s draw, however, they were included in the hype alongside the Vitesse.
The Premier did postpone three hours before the start of the clash, the match between Burnley and Watford due to an outbreak of COVID in the coach by Claudio Ranieri.
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