The number of Saudi Al Hilal players infected with Corona virus has risen to 10
The number of players infected with the new Corona virus in the mission of the Saudi Al Hilal football team currently participating in the AFC Champions League competition in Doha has increased to 10, in addition to one administrator.
Al-Hilal, the holder of the continental competition title, announced last Saturday that five players had been infected with the "Covid-19" virus, namely Muhammad Al-Brik (defender), Salman Al-Faraj (captain of the team), Muhammad Al-Waked (substitute goalkeeper), Saleh Al-Shehri (striker) and Hamad Al-Abdan (midfielder) , In addition to Saud Kariri (team administrator).
The next day, Al-Hilal announced that its midfielder, Nawaf Al-Abed, was infected with the virus, before revealing today that the number has risen to ten with Abdullah Al-Jadaani, Nawaf Al-Ghamdi (a goalkeeper), defender Abdullah Al-Hafiz and Yasser Al-Shahrani.
Al Hilal's Romanian coach, Razvan Lucescu, summoned the duo of Al Hilal youth team, goalkeeper Abdullah Al-Bishi and striker Turki Al-Mutairi, to join the team in Doha, where the two performed a medical swab this morning.
The director of the club's technical staff had registered the duo of Al-Bishi and Al-Mutairi on the team's participating Asian list, but they did not leave with the team to Doha, due to the team's lack of need for their services, before now having to summon them.
AFC regulations stipulate that clubs will be allowed to register a new goalkeeper in the team rosters, provided that the club attaches a medical letter in which it states that all the substitute goalkeepers are injured, and require more than 30 days to recover, and that the application must be submitted 24 hours before the new match is played. The club will not be able to re-register the excluded goalkeeper until after the player registration period opens.
Hilal won its first match in Doha, where the grouping-system competitions resumed for the West Asian region, when it defeated Pakhtakor of Uzbekistan 2-1 on Monday in the third round of the second group competitions, which it tops with the full score. The second.
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