The matches that will face Valencia and Atalanta in the eighth of the Champions League on March 10 and Getafe and Inter Milan in the round of Europa League on March 19 must be played yes or yes behind closed doors to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus Covid-19 as corroborated yesterday by the Ministry of Health. The measure angered both teams and their groups of clubs, but their complaints did not change the opinion of the agency. The Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, said yesterday that "any club" of any sport "must abide by" the decision to hold meetings behind closed doors to avoid the arrival of fans from high-risk areas, such as northern Italy.

In any case, both Valencia and Getafe insist on having a meeting with the Ministry and offer several measures to try to avoid the lock in European meetings. Valencia, for example, studies that only Mestalla subscribers enter. They would do it with an official document - DNI or passport - that proves that they are the holders and could even have to pass some sanitary control, such as a temperature outlet. That way, the group could guarantee the control that Health claims to contain the coronavirus, although the 2,300 Atalanta fans who have already chartered 10 charter laps and bought tickets for the Champions duel would be harmed.

Getafe proposes a similar measure, that the party be only for subscribers, while its Federation of Peñas raises its voice before the roundness of the Ministry. «The main Spanish airports are receiving dozens of airplanes per day of flights from Milan (risk zone for the coronavirus) and they may have been in Spain in the Carnivals of Tenerife and Gran Canaria or come to see the Valencia Fallas. .. If they finally banned such flights, teams of any kind of sport could play at home with guarantees and before their audience, ”the association said in a statement.

The measure of the Ministry of Health will also affect all of the Euroleague duel between Valencia Basket and Armani Milan - a maximum ratified yesterday by the president of the CSD, Irene Lozano, despite complaints from the Euroleague - and will not harm Barcelona in Champions. Napolés is not considered a risk zone so you can enter the Camp Nou public on your round of 16 on March 18.

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