Football and the Coronavirus Soccer

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The Premier League announces a record 40 positive coronavirus tests over the last week.

With the UK going into lockdown there is a real chance that football may be put on hold again.

 

[Zidane]

Aston Villa Covid outbreak leaves Liverpool FA Cup tie in doubt.

The Premier League side said a large number of first-team players and staff are in isolation after returning positive tests on Monday.
The club's training ground was closed on Thursday after a second round of testing produced more positive results.

Southampton's FA Cup third-round game against Shrewsbury on Sunday was called off earlier on Thursday after a significant number of Shrewsbury players and staff tested positive for coronavirus.

Wayne Rooney and Derby's first-team squad will miss their FA Cup tie at Chorley on Saturday following a Covid-19 outbreak which closed their training ground on Monday.

 

[Fraser]

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I have to say, this makes sense.

 

[Bandit]

Aston Villa Covid outbreak leaves Liverpool FA Cup tie in doubt.

The Premier League side said a large number of first-team players and staff are in isolation after returning positive tests on Monday.
The club's training ground was closed on Thursday after a second round of testing produced more positive results.

Aston Villa have confirmed that they had 14 positive cases of COVID-19 in latest round of testing.⁠
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10 of which were players.

 

[Best]

Zinedine Zidane has tested positive for COVID-19, Real Madrid have confirmed.

Yesterday, Man City forward Sergio Aguero confirmed that he had tested positive after coming into contact with a person who had the virus and was now self-isolating.

 

[Bandit]

Tottenham have asked the Premier League to postpone their match with Brighton this weekend after at least 7 players and 2 staff member test positive for Covid-19

 

[Mouth]

Bayern have revealed Joshua Kimmich will be unavailable until the New Year due to a lung problem suffered as a result of coronavirus. Two months ago, Kimmich revealed he had not received his first coronavirus jab due to scepticism over a lack of long-term research into vaccines.

 

[Gromit]

Manchester United have been hit by an outbreak of COVID-19 which meant Sunday's group training could not take place as planned.

 

[Crabtree]

Premier League players and club staff will need to take a lateral flow test every day in order to get into training grounds as part of new measures agreed on Tuesday.

The action is aimed at stemming the rising number of positive cases.

The Premier League confirmed on Monday there had been a record 42 positives over the previous seven days.

It is the highest figure recorded since Covid testing began as part of Project Restart during the 2019-20 season.

Previously, the most positive tests returned in a week this season was 16 from 16-22 August, when there were 3,060 tests.

Outbreaks at Tottenham and Manchester United have caused the postponement of two league games within the space of three days, while Brighton, Leicester, Aston Villa and Norwich have all confirmed cases.

 

[Dylan]

Burnley's Premier League match at home to Watford on Wednesday has been postponed because of an ongoing Covid outbreak within the visitors' squad.

The Leicester vs Tottenham game goes ahead despite both clubs asking for a postponement due to rising covid cases within both clubs.