As part of the second day of the Guard1anes Clausura 2021 Tournament of the MX League, Scratch of Monterrey faced Club America at the BBVA Bancomer Stadium, winning 1-0 thanks to a penalty goal by Rogelio Funes Mori.
Prior to the match against the Eagles, the Regio club had presented some cases of positive Covid-19 among first team players, youth, coaching staff and staff. But days after the meeting they began to confirm new Coronavirus infected, among them precisely the author of the goal of the encounter.
This forced, on the one hand, that two meetings of Javier Aguirre’s team have been postponed since the organization of the MX League. The match of day 3 against Club León at home was postponed to Wednesday 10 March, while the match of the fourth date, against Puebla as a visitor, was set for Tuesday 2 February.
PRESS RELEASE. The MX League reported that 19 positive cases were recorded (11 players and 8 coaching staff / staff members) for COVID-19 in Scratch. For this reason, the matches of Monterrey corresponding to day 3 (Léon) and 4 (Puebla) of C2021 were rescheduled. pic.twitter.com/QS750jdOnl
– Invictes (@InvictosSomos)
January 20, 2021
Where the alarms were also sounded is in Club America, who reported that he presents some items with contagion and also blamed Monterrey for negligence. In the last few hours it has been known that Guillermo Ochoa and Nicolás Benedetti showed symptoms compatible with the disease, but so far nothing has been officially reported.
In the face of all this controversy, the commentator Álvaro Morales joined the wave of comments and criticism on the subject and liquidated the whole of the north asking the MX League to take away the three points obtained against the azulcrema.
“In Scratch they should quitarle these three points … (Eye I do not ask that they are given to America) “, Wrote the ESPN journalist on his Twitter account, which generated opinions for and against.
These three points should be taken away from Ratllats …
(Eye, I don’t ask them to give them to America).
– Álvaro Morales (@AlvaritoMorales)
January 20, 2021
Club America should host FC Juárez at the Estadio Azteca, next Saturday, January 23 at 21:00 in Central Mexico, as part of day 3 of the Guard1anes 2021.