• Soccer. UD Las Palmas assures that it will resume the League with an audience in the stands: "We will be the only team in the world to do so"

The president of the Superior Council of Sports (CSD), Irene Lozano, asked to be " prudent" and "not to advance the deadlines" for the return of the public to soccer stadiums and assured that this should be done "in a way that guarantees equality between the teams and the integrity of the competition is respected. "

These words join those of Fernando Simón , who yesterday did not rule out the possibility that there would be an audience in the fields this season. "Depending on the evolution of the epidemic and how the autonomous communities are in phase 3, it could be considered," he explained.

Today, Lozano did not want to go into details and asked all the actors involved for " responsibility ", after yesterday the president of the UD Las Palmas, Miguel Ángel Ramírez , assured that they would have people in the stands from the first week of return of the competition. "It is a matter of responsibility and solidarity . We have tried very hard to keep pace with the teams' return, and we must not change that. It is a competition that is held between all and equally," said the Secretary of State for Sport.

Lozano considered that "we must go step by step, without rushing , and always thinking that health protection is above all," since "it seemed unthinkable that LaLiga would resume its activity, but in just a week it will do so" .

"We must congratulate ourselves for this, it is a success, but this great advance cannot mean that we forget everything that has happened in our country at the health and human level in recent months. If it were possible in the future, it will be seen, but we have to be cautious and, as I say, responsibility. Let's not advance the deadlines and let's be prudent, "he asked.

The UD Las Palmas considered yesterday that the epidemiological situation of the Canary Islands , which must enter phase 3 next Monday , allows it to safely organize the match that it will play next June 13 against Girona with a maximum of 11,000 spectators present at its stadium , a third of its capacity.

The club stated that if it receives all the necessary permits, its stadium would have two out of every three seats empty , all spectators would wear a mask and gloves and each of them would have to contact the club 24 hours before to be assigned a door. and one hour of entry, so that the public can access the stadium without crowding.

"If the Government of the Canary Islands agrees that we play with the public, if LaLiga agrees that we play with the public, but if the CSD does not, we will not play with the public. We do not want any conflict. We believe that this is good for Spain , which is for the Canary Islands, but if it doesn't look like this, we will compete like the rest of the teams, "said the club's president, Miguel Ángel Ramírez.

On May 29 the CSD confirmed the resumption of the league competition on the 11th next with the Sevilla-Betis derby , depending on the health situation, after the agreement of the "Contact Group" that integrates together with LaLiga and the Federation Española de Fútbol (RFEF), the result of the Viana Pacts, which allowed consensus for the return of football activity and the League without an audience.

The championship, if all the forecasts are met and depending on the evolution of the pandemic, will end the weekend of July 18 and 19 .

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