Positive for the coronavirus, Villeurbanne leader Norris Cole (on the left) nevertheless played the first 40 seconds of the match in Cholet on Sunday in a Jeep Elite.
The American leader will be one of the seven absent on Tuesday.
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Asvel may present the most bloated squad in its history this season, with 14 professional players, it will find itself extremely diminished to host its first Euroleague match at Astroballe, this Tuesday (8:45 p.m.) against Panathinaikos Athens.
The Villeurbanne club has just announced, via a press release, that four members of its workforce, including two players, were affected by the Covid-19.
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This brings the number of positive cases at the club to eleven, including seven professional players and coach TJ Parker.
“Nine players remain available, including two Hopes registered in the Euroleague, explains Asvel.
Ideally, we would like to be able to isolate the entire workforce but once again we remain dependent on the competitions in which we participate.
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Asvel player Norris Cole, positive, played 40 seconds against Cholet https://t.co/yiKzi153Wn
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A situation all the more problematic as the club of Tony Parker has three games in nine days (against the Red Star in Belgrade on Thursday and Gravelines next Monday in a Jeep Elite).
If the French championship provides for the postponement of a match when a club has a workforce that is too small by the coronavirus, this is not the case for the Euroleague, which can sanction a defeat by forfeit any team that cannot. not field eight players at kick-off, including in the event of the Covid-19 epidemic.
The Asvel-Pana meeting should therefore be well held this Tuesday in Villeurbanne in a strange context.
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