“In England, a two-week break is being considered”

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The year 2020 is coming to an end but the corona virus is still here, and the consequences are being felt day after day, even in football. All over the world various clubs are making efforts to avoid cases of contagion, and the leagues are also working non-stop to avoid situations of postponement and entering an even busier schedule than it already is. However, fantasies and hopes aside and reality aside.

We all remember what happened in the first wave, mainly due to the uncertainty – the sport was completely shut down, the leagues were stopped for an unknown date, the athletes were swallowed up between the chairs and the fans? Enter a loop of boredom. Almost a year later and we are all already used to it, but still paying attention to the consequences. The best example was yesterday (Monday) when the game between Manchester City and Everton was postponed, after too many positive cases of the virus were discovered in the Blues. After other groups reported infections, the Telegraph reported today (Tuesday) that the clubs are discussing the possibility of having a two-week break to prevent further infections.

In general, the English league has experienced a not-so-simple blow in recent times relative to other leagues in Europe. This may be related to the discovery of the new strain of corona in the kingdom. In any case, this week a season-high record was broken in the infestation cases reported in the Premier League, with 18 new positive people (players and staff alike). Throughout most of the weeks of testing – around 1,500 of these each week – single-digit numbers of new infections have been discovered each time, and this time the rise in morbidity is raising serious concerns about the rest of the season. Doctors from various clubs are even calling on the association to stop the league until things calm down, and as mentioned, the possibility of a temporary suspension is being reconsidered.

In our Premier League, too, the wave of recurrence is noticeable, with cases of infection in teams such as Hapoel Haifa and Hapoel Kfar Saba. There are even cases that are not related to the clubs themselves that could affect the holding of the games, such as the postponement of the match between Bnei Sakhnin and Betar Jerusalem after the police issued an order to close Doha Stadium.

In other leagues across the continent and around the world these issues are being felt, perhaps to a lesser extent than what is happening in England and with fewer repercussions on the schedule, but are indeed being felt. What we experienced last spring.

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