In the soccer J-League, eight players including players have announced alternative schedules for the six league games of J1 and Gamba Osaka, which were canceled due to infection with the new coronavirus, and five games will be held during the Tokyo Olympics. It was.
In March, a total of eight people, including six players and two staff members, were infected with the new coronavirus in Gamba, and all six scheduled league games were cancelled.
The J-League has announced alternative dates for these six games, with one game this month and five games from late July to early August during the Tokyo Olympics.
J1 was supposed to be suspended during the Tokyo Olympics, but this season it was decided on this schedule because it was difficult to adjust due to the large number of games in the round robin of 20 teams, which is 2 more than usual. is.
Also, for Gamba, the five games during the Olympics have a close interval of two to three days.
Director Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, who was interviewed online, said, "There is no doubt that the schedule is overcrowded, so we have to fight firmly as a whole team."