When can you play soccer with friends? In what phase?

There are many Spaniards who are looking forward to playing soccer with friends again. The coronavirus It has affected all our routines and for many, meeting with friends around a ball is one of the highlights of the week, but in what phase can you play soccer with friends?

Spain is now divided between phase 2 of the de-escalation proposed by the Government and phase 3, in which the majority of the country would already be.

In phase 1, already passed, as far as non-professional sports are concerned, sports activity is allowed in iopen-air facilities without public for non-contact sports such as athletics, tennis or golf. “Individual sports activities by appointment at sports centers that do not involve physical contact or use of changing rooms”. In addition, there was a time limitation.

On the other hand, in phase 2, in non-professional sport, you can celebrate shows and sports activities in the open air with limited capacity, in terms similar to cultural and leisure activities. Sports facilities in closed spaces without public (only for sports in which there is no contact or the risk of contagion is low). Time limits almost disappear, because you only have to respect the time slot for the elderly and vulnerable (10am to 12pm and 7pm to 8pm).

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Football matches between friends are therefore prohibited for both phases as this is a contact sport. In fact, gyms planned to open with severe restrictions on the phase 2, but they had to delay their opening to the step 3.

In this phase 3 (average Spain has been in it since June 8), according to the BOE, “in all outdoor sports facilities, closed or sports centers you can carry out sports activity in groups of up to twenty people, without physical contact, respecting 50% of the maximum capacity allowed and with access shifts “.

Therefore, if physical contact is not allowed yet, we will have to wait to overcome it and achieve the so-called “new normal” to be able to play those little games with friends who miss each other so much.