Champions League: Two Corona cases in Leipzig-opponents Atlético

Just four days before the Champions League quarter-final against RB Leipzig Atlético Madrid reported two positive Corona Tests. As the Spanish football first division club announced on Sunday evening, had failed the Test in the case of two non-identified persons positive. Thus, it is also unclear whether there is player. Spanish media, however, have to know that there are two professionals. This is the sport Newspapers "As" and "Marca" in their Online editions, as well as the radio station Cadena Ser reported on Monday. A confirmation of this, it was not. Will fears that there could be additional cases, it was more.

You will test on Monday for the entire 93-member Delegation to go to the mini tournament of the king class to Lisbon, again, informed the club. According to Spanish media, a shift in the game threatens to report in the case of positive Tests for players even. Atlético should be riding on Thursday (21.00 clock in the F. A. Z.-liveticker zur Champions League, Sky and DAZN) against Leipzig for the first quarter-final game.

The Tests for the Coronavirus have been reported to have on Saturday at the training centre in Majadahonda, near Madrid, for all delegation members. The positively tested persons would have been issued after the announcement of the test results in domestic quarantine, it said. The European football Association, Uefa and all the authorities and associations in Spain and Portugal had already been informed. In the preceding test series before the training kick-off and during the preparation phase for the tournament, there have been no abnormalities, said Atlético.

originally scheduled for Monday, the scheduled arrival of the Delegation to Portugal will be because of the new Uefa-action Protocol required new Tests, move. The new itinerary is not fixed yet. In the capital of Portugal, the best eight Teams of the Champions League season of play of your winner. Instead of back and forth and play all the duels will be decided in a K. o. game, spectators are not allowed.

With big ambitions and small personal worries, meanwhile, started RB Leipzig, in his "Missão Final". On Saturday afternoon the team on the Charter flight from Leipzig at the blitz tournament of the Champions League took off to Lisbon, the next day Coach Julian nail man bat in the stadium of second division club GD Estoril for the first training session is on the Atlantic ocean. To should new findings may be of quarter-final opponents Atlético skillful spies be not come.