With the coronavirus infection-19 (corona19), professional football around the world has almost stopped, and Tajikistan professional football has begun its first 2020 season in Asia.

The Associated Press reported that Tajikistan professional soccer has begun on a new season by playing Super Cup, a single match between the winner of the first division league and the Tajikistan Football Association Cup (FA Cup) team last season (Korea time) on the 5th. .

This has made Tajikistan in Central Asia one of the few countries that have successfully run professional soccer leagues in the Corona 19 Pandemic.

According to the AP, Tajikistan, Belarus in Eastern Europe, Nicaragua in Central America, and Burundi in Africa are the countries currently in the professional soccer league.

These leagues are attracting great attention from football-hungry fans and the sports betting industry.

Last season's first league championship team, Easti Krol, scored a tie goal and a reversal goal two minutes before the end of the game, overpowering the FA Cup winner Husant 2-1 to win the Super Cup.

The AP said, "With only a placard saying 'Stop Corona 19' on an empty stadium, after the game, players and coaches joined together as usual to shake hands and hug."

In Tajikistan, there have been no corona19 diagnoses to date.

(Photo = Reuters, Yonhap News)