As had been advanced, the players of Olimpia, Javier Portillo and goalkeeper Edrick Menjívar, have given positive for Coronavirus and CONCACAF made it official in the report it provides before each match. Both players are isolated in San Jose, Costa Rica.
according to the CONCACAF official report, they are the only players who have tested positive in the tests, the rest of the plant is negative and the match against Liga Deportiva Alajuelense for the semifinals of the Liga Concacaf, will be played as scheduled at 9.15 pm (ESPN2).
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“In the case of the SCL semifinal between LD Alajuelense and CD Olimpia, two CD Olimpia players tested positive in the Covid-19 test. The people involved have been isolated from their team and have been informed of all CONCACAF protocols and laws, and regulations imposed by local authorities, ”CONCACAF stated.
It must be remembered that these two players were in the final that Olimpia won last Sunday in Marathon. They had performed their tests last Friday, prior to the final, being negative, but in the PCR tests on Monday before traveling to Costa Rica, they came out positive.
Then he added the top body: “All other players and staff of CD Olimpia, as well as the entire delegation of the LD Alajuelense and party officials have tested negative in the test of Covid-19.”
Menjívar is the starting goalkeeper for the meringue squad and one of the highlights of Pedro Troglio’s squad for the performance shown. Tonight he will have to stop Harold Fonseca, another great goalkeeper who will have to live up to the squad.
In the case of Javier Portillo, his position had been rotated with Samuel “Chama” Córdoba, a left winger who does not do badly. But Troglio has an ace up his sleeve, the captain, Ever Alvarado, has already recovered, who could be the novelty in the starting eleven.