The Eagles of Colombian football asked for a postponement, but they were refused and will have to play as best they can against Boyacá Chicó.
Águilas Doradas, from the First Division of Colombia, announced this Sunday that this afternoon plays his match against Boyacá Chicó for the penultimate day of the Apertura tournament with the only seven players at his disposal as 15 of his soccer players have COVID-19 and 7 more injured.
Águilas Doradas will have to appear on the field today with only seven players not to be subject to severe penalties, ”explained the Rionegro (northwest) club, clarifying that only these players can play the match as the remaining 22 are not available.
The team that requested a postponement of the game from Thursday and whose request was rejected by the Major Division of Colombian Soccer (Dimayor), explained that initially there were 16 infected players, but one of them is already on and they are waiting for two more to play.
“At the start of the pandemic, Dimayor approved a regulation that today shows that it was light and dynamic (it requires developing matches with at least seven players),” criticized Águilas Doradas, who is sixteenth and has no more chances to to qualify for the quarter-finals. . of the end of the Apertura tournament.
If there are seven players, they must play
The President of the Dimayor, Fernando Jaramillo, assured to the channel this week Win sports what “If there are 7 players available, you have to show up with those 7 players.”
“Obviously, whoever doesn’t show up loses the points. I understand what’s happening, but he has to show up with the 7 players,” said the manager.
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– Golden Eagles (@AguilasDoradas) April 11, 2021
According to Águilas Doradas, Dimayor’s president suggested signing up players under 20 to the game, but this is impossible for them as there was neither a championship in that category this year nor last year.
“Today, with this news, Colombia will unfortunately be famous worldwide alongside our FPC (Colombian professional football), who once achieved nothing but glory for our country,” added the golden club.
In addition to the 15 infected players, the Rionegro club, in the Antioquia department, has four infected players in its coaching staff, directed by the Venezuelan Francesco Stifano.
Today’s game is important because Boyacá Chicó can keep alive his hopes of not being relegated, for which he needs a win and hopes Deportivo Pereira, who visits Envigado, doesn’t win.
Exactly, Pereira is embroiled in controversy as yesterday’s rival Independiente Medellín is suing him for apparently playing with infected footballers the match ‘Matecaña’ won 1-0 last week.
In the event that the Championship Disciplinary Commission fails against Pereira, Pereira could lose the points and jeopardize their durability in the First Division.