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THE PANDEMIC KEEPS AFFECTING TO THE FOOTBALL

The Leagues of Europe adapt to the new normality

Published:1/10/2020 - 19:21h

Updated:1/10/2020 - 19:21h

Still conditioned in capacity, changes allowed by match and in its calendar, the European leagues look for to adapt to the new world-wide reality

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The pandemia of Covid-19 follows conditioning to the whole world and the European universe​ of the football has not been the exception. The professional practice of the "deport king" has seen strongly hit by the evolution of a pandemia that does not seem to have final, but that, to his time, has not attained to brake to the ciento percent the human passion by the balompié.

The leagues of the European continent have had to adapt to the circumstances, adopting measured like the limitation of the capacity allowed in the stadiums, the number of changes or replacements allowed by meeting or even the no resumption of his respective local championship. These measures have been taken depending the impact of the Covid-19 in the corresponding nation, in pro to avoid his fast propagation.

A report of the Association of European Leagues (EPFL) has reflected which is the current situation of each championship suspender belt regarding the decisions taken to warn the contagions during the parties.

The organism has reported that the leagues without current activity are the ones of Israel, since the authorities forbade all sportive activity in team, as well as the ones of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, which still have not defined the date in which they will restart his respective competitions. On the other hand, the contests suspender belts that still have pending dates of the season 2019-2020 are the ones of Norway, Sweden, Lithuania, Latvia and Finland.

The measures of prevention will continue

The report also reflects that the local competitions that keep the doors of his stadiums closed to the public are the ones of Spain, England, Scotland, Turkey, Greece, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine and Portugal. However, this last has kept the measure in vilo and wait by the decision of the sanitary authorities of the nation to concretise the reopening of his enclosures futbolísticos.

Of the nations that conform the organism that raised the report, only England and Belgium keep the normal rule of three replacements by party. Regarding the capacity, the leagues that have allowed the entrance of public to the stadiums are the ones of Austria (3.000 viewers), Czech Republic (2.000, separated in sectors of 1.000 each one), Denmark (500), France (1.000), Low Countries (between 15% and 35% of the capacity of the stadium), Italy (1.000), Russia (between 5% and 30% of the capacity) and Switzerland (two thirds of the capacity, without public visitor).