The Spanish Football Association (Liga) revealed eight new cases of Corona virus, including five for the first and second class players, with its president, Javier Tipas, expressing his hope that the season could be completed from June 12.
The players of the two grades returned this week to their individual training in club centers in light of strict health measures, after the government approved a gradual plan to lift the restrictions of total closure in four stages.
According to the protocol established by the "La Liga", it will allow the exercises to be held in small groups with restrictions of social distance, before gradually increasing the number. The return to training is a first step on the way to the resumption of the hoped-for competitions next June.
The association insists that identifying the injured is part of the scheme.
And she explained in a statement today, that "among the clubs of the Spanish league in the first and second degrees, five positive cases were discovered among the players, all without symptoms, and in the last stage of the disease." The injured will not be allowed to re-join the training of their teams before making sure of their recovery.
The association's president, Javier Tepas, revealed three additional cases "in people who are not players".
And he considered that this number «is less than we expected. We expected 25 or 30 due to the numbers we saw in the Bundesliga (Bundesliga) epidemic unit in Spain. ”
He believed that this limited number is "good news", hoping that the League will be able to resume the season "on June 12, but that will depend on what will happen" in the coming period.
The defending champions and leaders of the Barcelona team, before suspending the competitions in mid-March, returned to training last Friday after nearly two months of pausing, while the rivals Real Madrid are expected to follow suit.