The "ESPN" network revealed the reasons that led in the last minute to the cancellation of the friendly match that was going to be played by Manchester United yesterday evening at home to Stoke City, after it was confirmed that there was an infection of the "Corona emerging" among the members of the away team.
The network stated that the friendly experience that was scheduled for the Manchester United team comes as part of the team's preparations to complete the remaining Premier League rounds, but the arrival of the Stoke City team at the Manchester United stadium, did not interrupt the start of the match, after tests confirmed the coach's injury Northern Irish coach Michael O'Neill, Stoke City, is infected by the "Corona" virus, which caused the cancellation of the friendly experience in the last moments.
The network confirmed that Manchester United players and administrators did not contact the Stoke City team, which puts the team safe from coronavirus infection, as they have not had any contact with "Corona".
The network referred to the Stoke City team statement, in which it confirmed the coach's injury, in which he said: "Stoke City can confirm that the test result of" Covid-19 "was positive for team coach Michael O'Neill."
The Manchester United team immediately after canceling its experience against Stoke City, to play a match between the players of the team, as the Red Devils are scheduled to play later against West Bromwich, to be the last friendly friendly preparations before returning to the league competitions, when he faces Man United on June 19 running The Tottena Hotspur team, in a meeting to calculate the 30th round of the championship age, the first since the announcement last March to stop sports and the English Premier League due to the outbreak of the Corona virus.
Manchester United, after 29 rounds in the league, are fifth with 45 points, three points behind fourth-placed Chelsea, and 37 points behind leaders Liverpool.