Topic: Coronavirus in football

[Paully]

JUST IN: UEFA set to suspend the Champions League and Europa League

— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) March 12, 2020

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[Judge Holden]

JUST IN: UEFA set to suspend the Champions League and Europa League

— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) March 12, 2020

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hopefully for only a couple weeks. Otherwise Liverpool would still be holders

[geordie_b]

Can’t see how suspending any league will help. IMO it’s closed doors or void as different countries will go through this at different speeds and we won’t be clear of it for many many months yet

[jdckelly]

Exclusive: A Premier League club is testing all its players for #coronavirus after three players displayed symptoms.

The league is under huge pressure to cancel matches, rather than simply play behind closed doors.

Report by @JBurtTelegraph https://t.co/oZC2ThQqaw

— Telegraph Football (@TeleFootball) March 12, 2020

[Paully]

Exclusive: A Premier League club is testing all its players for #coronavirus after three players displayed symptoms.

The league is under huge pressure to cancel matches, rather than simply play behind closed doors.

Report by @JBurtTelegraph https://t.co/oZC2ThQqaw

— Telegraph Football (@TeleFootball) March 12, 2020

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[BlueStar]

Is it paranoid to not want my parents to go to the match on Saturday? Dunno if I should go either as I'm one of the high risk groups with chest problems. But then I'm on the metro every day with people hacking and sneezing.

[Stifleaay]

Is it paranoid to not want my parents to go to the match on Saturday? Dunno if I should go either as I'm one of the high risk groups with chest problems. But then I'm on the metro every day with people hacking and sneezing.

All in all being around people in an open air stadium is unlikely to result in you catching it. The biggest risk is if you touch a surface that has the infection on it and then catching it from there.
If you are not comfortable though then don’t go. The rumours are that it’s going to be announced as being behind closed doors in anyway.

[Si]

Is it paranoid to not want my parents to go to the match on Saturday? Dunno if I should go either as I'm one of the high risk groups with chest problems. But then I'm on the metro every day with people hacking and sneezing.

All in all being around people in an open air stadium is unlikely to result in you catching it. The biggest risk is if you touch a surface that has the infection on it and then catching it from there.
If you are not comfortable though then don’t go. The rumours are that it’s going to be announced as being behind closed doors in anyway.

Luckily the stadium is notoriously free if surfaces that the 52,000 won't be touching.

[Paully]

“The game is nothing without the supporters, we all do it for a reason and that reason is to get that buzz playing in front of our supporters.

For me a delay, an extension to the season would be my preferred option.”

Chris Wilder on playing games behind closed doors. pic.twitter.com/agkQhDdB65

— Sheffield United (@SheffieldUnited) March 12, 2020

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[gdm]

In the light of ongoing developments in the spread of Covid-19, UEFA has invited various stakeholders to discuss European football’s response to the outbreak.

Discussions will include all domestic and European competitions, including UEFA EURO 2020.

Full statement: 👇

— UEFA (@UEFA) March 12, 2020

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[WarrenBartonCentrePartin]

Surely they’ll suspend games now?

Brendan Rodgers says that 3 players have been self isolated that may have shown some symptoms of Corona Virus. pic.twitter.com/suHJ8dNKpC

— BBC Leicester Sport (@BBCRLSport) March 12, 2020

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[Disco]

Be some celebrations amongst the Donnay Army if Perez gets it.

[Wullie]

[Colo's Short and Curlies]

Surely they’ll suspend games now?

Brendan Rodgers says that 3 players have been self isolated that may have shown some symptoms of Corona Virus. pic.twitter.com/suHJ8dNKpC

— BBC Leicester Sport (@BBCRLSport) March 12, 2020

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If you go on the 2 week rule for symptoms to show then you go back to Leicesters games in March (Norwich, Birmingham, Villa) then the knock on of games Norwich have played (Spurs, Sheff Utd) and Birmingham have played (Reading) then you need to at least suspend this weeks games involving any of these 6 teams to lay it safe. Spurs have of course played since playing Norwich in Europe.

Lets say the games go ahead, in the space of 2 weeks you've got nigh on 15 teams (150+ players) that have a link in the accepted isolation time frame to one club. It just makes sense to take an easy decision of halting games for a period of time. Of course no football is a pain, but its not exactly a life changing measure

[Disco]

Was listening to Rory Smith yesterday and he was saying it's symbollic nature of it rather than anything. You can't pretend everything is OK then cancel football.

[BlueStar]

Of course no football is a pain

Aye, if you're a Liverpool fan, can't say I'd be gutted to sit and play Call of Duty on Saturday afternoon instead

[Disco]

Manolo Gabbiadini is getting down with the sickness now too.

[Doctor Zaius]

Breaking | UEFA are set to announce on Tuesday that EURO 2020 will be postponed to 2021 owing to COVID-19, according to L’Équipe. More follows.

— Get French Football News (@GFFN) March 12, 2020

Euro's moved then. s**** but necessary I guess. 

[jdckelly]

creates some space to make up fixtures in the summer if its possible for leagues to anyway though why wait until tuesday to announce it

[Disco]

Aye.

Was thinking earlier this whole massive disruption (assuming it has an end point) might actually work in favour for most when the needless Qatar WC rolls round disrupting everything.

[thomas]

The season will be suspended before the weekend. It was academic from the time the Arsenal players were quarantined.

[toontownman]

So Liverpool stay holders of the Champions league but denied the premier league? That would be something.

Absolutely no way of telling how long this will last. Postponing the Euro's seems extreme but in actuality this could be running well into the start of the summer.

[Mole]

They had no choice with the Euros really, a tournament taking place in multiple countries would have likely been a complete and utter disaster.

[Ketsbaia]

Almost speechless at all this, like. It's monumental decision after monumental decision..... nothing ever stops sports. Storms, war, terrorism, tragedies etc. Sports always continue regardless. This must be huge.

[Newintoon]

MLS has been suspended