Golden Eagles will play with only seven players in Colombia, due to the COVID-19

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The Eagles of Colombian football asked for the postponement, but they were denied and will have to play as much as they can against Boyacá Chicó

Golden Eagles, of the first division of Colombia, has announced this Sunday that this afternoon will dispute its party against Boyacá Chicó for the penultimate day of the Opening Tournament with the only seven players he has available, as 15 of his players have COVID-19 and 7 more are injured.

“Golden Eagles will be forced to appear on the field today with only seven players not to be the object of severe sanctions “, detailed the club of Rionegro (northwest) and clarified that only these soccer players will be able to dispute the party because the 22 remaining ones are not available.

The team, which requested the postponement of the match since Thursday and the 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 was already enabled and they are waiting for two more to be allowed to play.

“Dimayor approved a regulation at the beginning of the pandemic that today shows that it was light and dynamic (it forces to develop the encounters with at least seven players)”, has criticized the Golden Eagles, that is sixteenth and no longer has opportunities to qualify for the quarterfinals of the Opening Tournament.

If there are seven players, they CAN play

The president of the Dimayor, Fernando Jaramillo, He assured this week on channel Win Sports what “If there are 7 players available, you have to show up with those 7 players.”

“It’s clear that whoever doesn’t show up loses points. I understand what’s going on, but he has to show up with all 7 players,” the manager said.

According to Golden Eagles, the president of the Dimayor suggested that under-20 footballers sign up for the game, but this is impossible for them because neither this year nor last there was a championship in this category.

“Today Colombia, with this news, will be infamous worldwide in addition to our Fundació Politècnica de Catalunya (Colombian professional football), which in the past only achieved glory for our nation,” said the golden club.

In addition to the 15 infected players, the club of Rionegro, in the department of Antioquia, has four infected in its technical body, Led by the Venezuelan Francesco Stifano.

Today’s match is important because in it Boyacá Chicó can keep alive his hopes of not going down, So he will need a win and hope that Deportivo Pereira, who visit Envigado, will not win.

Precisely, Pereira is embroiled in controversy because his rival last day, Independent Medellin, sued him because apparently playing with infected players the game in which the ‘Matecaña’ won 1-0 this week that passed.

In the event that the Disciplinary Committee of the championship fails against Pereira, Pereira may lose points and compromise his stay in the First Division.

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