Competition Committee, at the request of Sporting, and after transferring the request to Real Zaragoza and the League, has determined to postpone the game that on Friday both teams in La Romareda had to play at 21.00, due to the flu plague that, According to the Asturian club, it affects its workforce. As was the case in September when the match against Fuenlabrada was suspended for similar reasons, all parties involved seek an alternative date.

As presented in January, with the saturation of the calendar due to the Copa del Rey, the game could be delayed until February or March . Right now, both clubs have left the date open and will depend, to a large extent, on how far Zaragoza arrives in that competition.

After knowing the postponement of the match, Real Zaragoza has immediately suspended the press conference prior to the meeting of Víctor Fernández that was scheduled for Thursday afternoon.

On Thursday morning it was known that a flu outbreak has affected a large part of the Gijón dressing room, after the team trained normally in the previous days. Suddenly, 11 players have become ill. As he explained early in the morning the Asturian club "the flu has been installed in the locker room of Sporting", since in the training this morning only ten players "could train with relative normality, even with some of them under threat that he may also be a victim of it in the next few hours, "says the club on its website.

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