Contagions The covid forces to postpone the first classic of the year
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The Endesa League is, today, a puzzle with all its pieces scrambled on the table. A chaos of postponed matches, waves of infections that come and go and a Copa del Rey on the horizon with everything in the air. Right now, until the capacity of the Municipal Palace of Sports of Granada (which, with the current measures could only be 50% when 80% of the tickets have already been put on sale). A stick of dynamite pressed into a calendar, that of continental basketball, already saturated.
The first news of 2022 was the suspension of the classic that was to be played this Sunday at the WiZink due to the positive cases in the
Jasikevicius
team
. Beyond the media appeal for the competition that is a Christmas Madrid-Barça that will no longer be, the postponement is not the main headache for the ACB. The jolt of contagions meant that of matchday 16, which was to be played these days, only Valencia Basket-Gran Canaria (Monday 3) remained standing, for now.
And it is still pending to relocate half day 15 (only four of nine were played), Breogán-Joventut of 11 and Barça-Manresa of 14. A full-blown chaos, which is accelerated by the imminent dispute of the Cup ( February 17-20), for which it is necessary to designate the eight participants and the status of seed of four of them.
Today, only Madrid and Barça have a guaranteed ticket to Granada.
Until January 30
As a relief, the ACB met in an Extraordinary Assembly on the 27th and agreed to extend until January 30 the dispute period for the first round matches (until matchday 17). If this is not possible -today, it does not seem so, because in January there are also European competitions-, the clubs unanimously decided that it would be the percentage of victories on that day that would designate the passengers of the first important title of the course.
Something, without a doubt, that will bring controversy yes or yes. In fact, even some of those involved have already ruled on the matter.
Pedro Martínez
, coach of Baxi Manresa, one of the teams in the ointment, assured that the "percentage of victories cannot be and is unfair (and Manresa that we need to play Barça and Madrid we would now be seeded). We must extend and play every game when you can. " "And they have to be played with enough preparation time. Not in any way. The health of the players by precipitating the competition must be safeguarded," the Catalan coach wrote on his social networks.
Manresa himself - yesterday reported that eight players tested negative in the last tests, so that there are only two left in the team - should play his pending match against Barça this Tuesday, but it seems complicated, as they were the cases in the Barça team those who precipitated the suspension of the classic. Jasikevicius and the players
Brandon Davies and Nico Laprovittola
, as well as three members of the Barça coaching staff, tested positive and the outbreak already added nine cases (plus the injured).
Also the Joventut-Real Madrid should be resolved this Tuesday, provided that the white players (
Heurtel, Causeur
...) who started the outbreak have tested negative and can gather enough pieces, at least nine not infected.
For the weekend, the dispute on matchday 17 is scheduled, which marks the end of the first round.
It seems unlikely that all the clashes are going to take place.
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