The new normal and the security protocols against the spread of COVID-19 have become one millionaire spending for clubs in the Liga MX, that they have to pay large sums of money every day for the application of the PCR tests which the championship requires as a past requirement Guard1anes Tournament 2020.
Every club must run about 150 tests every week taking into account the teams, technical staff and team staff Under 17, Under 20, Liga MX Women and Liga MX, which stands for an expense of between 240 thousand and 330 thousand pesos as of date, for any setting.
It is to say, each of the 18 teams spent the last tournament, and they will do it in the Guard1anes 2021, between 4 and 5.6 million pesos alone in the payment for the tests, applied with the laboratories chosen by each of the teams. For example, Pachuca and Santos They’ve done it with labs they have within their portfolio of sponsors.
It should be noted that the costs of testing, according to information close to the clubs, It fluctuated between 1,600 and 2,200 pesos.
By the end of the 2020-2021 football year, including tournaments Opening 2020 and Closure 2021, the Mexican clubs have spent between an additional 13 and 15 million pesos to its annual operation, as the 8 or 10 million pesos in tests would require adding about 5 million to each team for the investment for the adaptations in the stadiums and training facilities.
In total, by May 2021, as soon as the Guard1anes 2021, The 18 Liga MX teams have paid out about 270 million pesos because of the corona pandemicYes which the Clausura tournament ended in March 2020, forcing Mexican football to pause for four months.
HOW MANY TESTS DOES EACH CLUB IN THE MX LEAGUE PERFORM?
Average each club conducts 45 PCR tests in the first division campuses and 35 in each of the youth wards (U17 and U20), as well as in their squad of the Liga MX Women. This number varies depending on whether the match is at home or away, as a smaller number of staff travel for a visiting match.
GUARD1ANES BEGIN WITH 47 CASES
At the beginning of the Guard1anes tournament 2021 they reported 47 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the four different divisions, of which 11 were reported First Division: Blue cross (4), Atlas (2), Lion (2), Pachuca (2 and Chivas (1).
Santos was the team that registered the most infections prior to the Matchday 1 in all categories with 30 cases, 19 on their youth teams and staff, and 11 more on the women’s team. The first team showed no infections and was able to play against Cruz Azul this Sunday evening.