Colombian football eagles have asked for a postponement, but have been refused and will have to play as well as they can against Boyacá Chicó
Águilas Doradas, of the First Division of Colombia, announced this Sunday that this afternoon will play his match against Boyacá Chicó for the penultimate day of the Apertura Tournament with only seven players available, as 15 of its footballers have COVID-19 and another 7 are injured.
“Águilas Doradas will be forced to appear on the field today with only seven players in order not to be subjected to severe sanctions “, the Rionegro club (northwest) explained and clarified that only these players will be able to play the match, because the remaining 22 are not available.
The team, which requested the postponement of Thursday’s match and whose request was rejected by the Major Division of Colombian Football (Dimayor), explained that at first there were 16 infected players, but that one of them has already been activated and is waiting for two more to be allowed to play.
“Dimayor approved a regulation at the beginning of the pandemic that shows today that it was easy and dynamic (requires the development of matches with at least seven players)”, criticized Águilas Doradas, who is sixteen years old and no longer has opportunities to qualify in quarterfinals. from the end of the Apertura Tournament.
If there are seven players, they must play
President Dimayor, Fernando Jaramillo, assured the channel this week Win sports what the “If there are 7 players available, you have to introduce yourself to these 7 players.”
“It is clear that whoever does not appear loses points. I understand what is happening, but he must appear with the 7 players,” said the manager.
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– Golden Eagles (@AguilasDoradas) April 11, 2021
According to Águilas Doradas, President Dimayor suggested that they register players under 20 for the game, but this is impossible for them, neither this year nor last year there was a championship in that category.
“Today, Colombia, with this news, will unfortunately be famous all over the world, in addition to FPC (Colombian professional football), which once reached glory only for our nation,” the gold club added.
In addition to the 15 infected players, the Rionegro club in the Antioquia department has four infected in its coaching team., led by the Venezuelan Francesco Stifano.
Today’s game is important because Boyacá Chicó can keep his hopes of not relegating, for which he will need a victory and hopes that Deportivo Pereira, who visits Envigado, will not win.
In fact, Pereira is involved in a controversy because his rival from the other day, Independiente Medellín, sued him because he apparently played with infected footballers in the game in which “Matecaña” won 1-0 last week.
If the Championship Discipline Commission fails against Pereira, Pereira may lose points and compromise their permanence in the First Division.