As anticipated, Olimpia players Javier Portillo and goalkeeper Edrick Menjívar gave positive for Coronavirus and CONCACAF officiated in the report it offers before each match. Both footballers are isolated in San José, Costa Rica.
According to him CONCACAF official report, They are the only players who gave positive results in the tests, the rest of the team is negative, and the match against Liga Deportiva Alajuelense for the semifinals of the CONCACAF League will be played as scheduled at 21.15 (ESPN2).
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“In the case of the SCL semifinal between LD Alajuelense and CD Olimpia, two CD Olimpia players gave positive results for Covid-19. The people involved were isolated from their team and informed about all protocols and CONCACAF laws and regulations imposed by local authorities, “said CONCACAF.
It should be remembered that these two players were in the final won by Olimpia last Sunday against Marathón. They took their tests last Friday, before the final, being negative, but in the PCR tests on Monday before traveling to Costa Rica, they came out positive.
Then the highest body added: “All the other players and the staff of CD Olimpia, as well as the entire delegation of LD Alajuelense and the party officials gave negative results for Covid-19”.
Menjivar is the starting goalkeeper of the merengue box and one of the highlights of Pedro Troglio’s box due to the performance shown. Tonight it will be Harold Fonseca’s turn to attack, another great goalkeeper who will have to catch up with the team.
In the case of Javier Portillo, his position had been rotated with Samuel “Chama” Córdoba, a left defender who is not doing badly. But Troglio has an ace up his sleeve, the captain, Ever Alvarado, who could be the novelty in the starting eleven, has already recovered.