A team from the Champions League was eliminated due to the Corona virus
The new Corona virus forced the "KF Dreta" team from Kosovo to bid farewell to the preliminary round qualifiers for the European Champions League in its new season 2020/2021, after it was placed in quarantine due to the infection of a number of its members with the virus, according to the European Football Association (UEFA) yesterday. .
Dreta's match against Linfield in the preliminary round of the tournament was due to take place Tuesday near UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
Local authorities ordered Dreta's entire team to go into quarantine after two players tested positive for the virus, and other players are at risk of infection as well.
Accordingly, the outcome of the match depended on Linfield's 3-0 victory over Dreta, noting that this is the first judgment of its kind made during the epidemic by UEFA, which has amended its regulations to make clubs responsible in the event that they are unable to play matches. Linfield is set to play for Poland's Legia Warsaw in the first round of qualifiers next week.