This Wednesday afternoon, Vizela announced that he will play against Porto, which are looking forward to reaching the Portuguese Cup quarterfinals. Remember, Minho’s emblem is fighting the Covid-19 outbreak in the main roster.
In a posting on the official website, the newly promoted team reports 12 positive cases (nine players) in addition to five injured athletes, one suspended and one in Guinea-Bissau’s African Cup of Nations service. … In this regard, FC Porto was asked to postpone, which was refused, as the team has the minimum number of players available in accordance with the FPF rules (more than half of the adult players eligible to compete), thus being forced to resort to the help of athletes. under 23 and juniors.
Read the full statement:
“During the regular screening tests for Covid-19, which FC Wiesela has been conducting since the beginning of the season, 12 positive cases have been identified in recent days, nine of which are first-team players. Immediately, FC Wiesela carried out PCR tests of the entire structure of the club.
Given the size of the rooms and the fact that there are seven more unavailable players (five injured, one disqualified and another in the service of the Guinea-Bissau national team), this SAD decided to immediately contact the local health authority and ask FC Porto to postpone the game. a request that was denied yesterday, even while waiting for laboratory PCR test results. The Portuguese Football Federation has always been aware of all these steps.
These results confirmed the positive results described above and 11 failed tests repeated this morning after canceling the scheduled workout. In the afternoon, 11 elements (staff and players) tested negative for Covid-19. Even before it became known, the local health department informed about the procedures to be taken, sending all positives and roommates to isolation and not prescribing any other isolation measures for the remaining contacts.
Given that FC Wiesela has enough players to meet the regulations, including main team players, players under 23 and under 19, today’s game will take place despite the inherent limitations of this entire process and the low level of accumulation. In the middle of the day, knowing exactly which players to count on, the team gathered for a possible stage and will enter the field, naturally, with the same soul and ambition as always. “
