Sef Chairman: "The control system is unparalleled in society"

During the morning, Swedish elite football, Sef, published the mentioned document that will secure the men's Swedish start on June 14. The medical protocol deals with, among other things, how players should examine themselves before training and matches to detect symptoms of covid-19. According to Mats Enquist, chairman of Sef, the system is not infallible.

- All systems can be sabotaged, but I don't think that risk is particularly great. If someone consciously chooses to try to spread the corona infection, can they? Yes, but you can do that at SVT as well, says Enquist to SVT Sport.

Enquist places great faith in the players in the Allsvenskan who bear a great deal of responsibility under the new protocol.

- When we talk to the players' union and the players, the awareness is huge about this. Nobody is going to risk either their own health or that of a colleague either, I think we can more or less ignore that risk, says Enquist.

The protocol goes by the name "Conducting the professional SEF clubs' matches under Covid-19" and is a 13-page long document with detailed document. Transports to and from matches, media presence and division of responsibilities around matches are just some of the parts that are included in the protocol. According to Mats Enquist, the measures are extensive compared to many other parts of society.

- It is a question of a combination of motivation and information that I would say is unparalleled in any other part of society. Whether you go out to a restaurant or go shopping there is nothing close to the control mechanisms that we implement, it is possibly infection control departments that can match, he tells SVT Sport. 

In other leagues, extensive testing of the players has been started with the help of corona test kits, a solution that was also discussed for the Allsvenskan.

- The tests are not entirely reliable yet and we do not want to take resources from the care and the like until we know that the tests are safe and so that we know that other working groups will be without testing, says Mats Enquist.

State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell stated last week with doubts about common game this summer. That was before the Public Health Authority took part in the medical protocol and now Mats Enquist hopes that the authority will rethink.

- We have shown how we can take responsibility in a way that I would like to challenge any other business to see if they have taken greater responsibility than we have to reduce the spread of infection. But in the end, it is up to the Public Health Authority to decide how we should proceed.