Croatian defender Diane Lovrin, Premier League player for Liverpool, says that maintaining a focus on the title race during the period of preventive isolation due to the outbreak of the Coruna virus was a mental battle despite individual efforts to maintain fitness.
"It was not easy given that we have been inside the walls of our homes for 46 days at the present time," Croatia's Sportsky Novist newspaper quoted in its electronic version today, Saturday, the Croatian international defender.
"The psychological aspect is the most difficult thing, and I try to rely on myself as much as possible and kick the ball in the place a little with my son on the lawn in our home, but training with the team is a completely different matter," added Leuven, who is one of the best friends of the Egyptian star Mohamed Salah.
The Premier League, which stopped on March 9, is still suspended and unable to take any step before a government decision is issued next week regarding the possibility of changing the preventive restrictions imposed.
And all the teams of the twentieth championship held a conference on Friday, during which they discussed plans to return to training later in May, with the possibility of the return of official matches after that in June.
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During the conference, the championship teams learned that, if the matches are back, they will only be allowed to play in neutral stadiums that have been approved based on health and safety regulations.
Liverpool tops the standings with 82 points from 29 games, 25 points behind the nearest champions, Manchester City, who played 28 games, and is on the cusp of crowning the title for the first time since 1990.
Lovren, 30, born in Bosnia, stressed that it was difficult to maintain morale and enthusiasm in light of the daily routine with the continuation of these exceptional circumstances.
"I try to keep my spirits and my enthusiasm going as long as possible," he said. "I get up in the morning and tell myself that I will exhaust myself in exercise today and at least have managed to reduce my weight somewhat."
"But there is no substitute for the 90-minute training with the team every time."
"I hope that Alexander Chevran (UEFA president UEFA) and the rest of UEFA and FIFA officials (FIFA) will reach a suitable solution so that we do not have to play 15 games within 30 days," he added.
He added: "We need time to recover, this time was not to recover because the players need to mentally recover from the impact of the pandemic and the sanitary isolation measures that resulted from the outbreak of the virus."