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The shadow of Covid returns to the European. A positivity was enough, after the many that hit players around the continental championships, to rekindle controversy and fears four days before the official start of the traveling tournament, Friday in Rome. In fact, the Spanish European Championship begins under the banner of Sergio Busquets’ positivity, who has raised a fuss of controversy attributable to the lack of vaccination of the players before the meeting on 31 May. A real curse, a few days before the debut in the continental tournament that in some ways reminds the Spanish fans that of three years ago, when a few hours before the start of the 2018 World Cup the coach Lopetegui was sacked for announcing his next move to Real Madrid. But this time the fears risk spreading beyond the borders of Luis Enrique’s national team. There rojaà will debut in Seville, at the Olympic stadium de la Cartuja, on Monday against Sweden and, before then, a series of doubts related to the situation created by the case of positivity of the barcelonist will have to be resolved. “Why are the Spanish athletes who will go to Tokyo for the Olympics vaccinated and the players for the European Championships not?” Is the controversial question that filters through the Spanish Football Association, which now fears the cluster effect.
On Sunday evening, when the news of the Busquets contagion spread (whose absence is added to that of Sergio Ramos, not yet at the top after the injury), the Spanish Football Federation was unveiled the existence of a vaccination request for all footballers. By today it will have to be assessed whether it satisfies the Federation’s request. There is currently the possibility that the Johnsson vaccine will be administered. Meanwhile, the 51 people who make up the group of red furies, in the Ciudad de Fútbol de Las Rozas, underwent PCR tests and serological tests this morning to detect if there are other infections and who has developed more antibodies.
Portugal has also ended up in quarantine, having played a friendly against Spain in recent days. The Covid-19 nightmare is marking the approach of almost all the national teams to Euro 2020. The English national team did not get vaccinated and the appeal launched in March by coach Gareth Southgate – to immunize the players – went unheard . Belgium had the players and staff vaccinated, as did Switzerland (Italy’s opponent). The Poles have also been vaccinated, while some from Holland have refused the vaccine, such as those from Austria. France has only “recommended” the vaccine. The Azzurri are also vaccinated. –