Good news. After obtaining authorization from the government for the restart of Peruvian soccer, the League 1 Movistar It could start from Tuesday, August 18, with the remaining matches to be played on matchday 7.
The Peruvian Football Federation already presented to him Ministry of Interior the safety plan, sanctions code and commitment to good conduct of the clubs and barristas, leaving everything ready for the expected official announcement that will be in charge of the IPD.
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Sources of government They indicated that the matches corresponding to matchday 7 will be played on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; and next weekend will be held the date 8. The president of the IPD, Gustavo San Martin, He announced that it could also be played on Sundays of compulsory social immobilization.
“What is coming now is the awareness of the fan. We have already done it with the clubs, also with national team players. All that is being coordinated. The point of playing on Sundays has been discussed. Not this Sunday, because it is not going away restart this week. But it is a possibility, you also have to coordinate with the police “stated in RPP.
With the party Universitario vs Cantolao already played (tied without goals) and the Lima Alliance vs Binational Sports suspended (the case is in the Disciplinary Commission), the matches on date 7 that must be played as of Tuesday, August 18 are the following:
Carlos Stein vs Cusco FC
San Martín vs Municipal
Llacuabamba vs Ayacucho FC
Sport Boys vs Sporting Cristal
Cienciano vs Atlético Grau
University Alliance vs Mannucci
Cesar Vallejo vs Melgar
Sport Huancayo vs UTCFPF Medical Commission evaluates new molecular tests
The Peruvian Football Federation collected the request of professional clubs and the opinion of their doctors to protect the health of the main workers in the football industry and face the COVID-19 with more and better weapons.
Since the training began, the players, technical commands and club workers have gone through fortnightly quantitative serological tests paid for by the FPF. However, many of them would have given false positives, damaging the work of the coaches and causing emotional damage to the family environment of the supposedly infected.
As is known, players who test positive are sent to quarantine until they receive medical discharge. Faced with this situation, several clubs have taken the initiative to solve molecular tests with their own resources to have more accurate diagnoses. Equipment like San Martin and Cesar Vallejo reported more than eight infected with quantitative serological tests, but after going through molecular tests, they were negative.
Agustin Lozano, president of the FPF, noted that the Local Organizing Committee from League 1 met with the Medical Commission to evaluate the application of a new round of molecular tests before the restart of the championship. The decision will be exclusive to health professionals, but there is a will to carry it out.
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“The League 1 team and the General Secretariat have met with the Medical Commission to determine the need to apply molecular tests before restarting the championship. The Federation does not decide, we strictly abide by what the Medical Commission says. If the Medical Commission tells us that we must apply molecular tests, we will do it “, said Lozano in the program “Las Voces del Fútbol”.
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