Last month’s Champions League game between Liverpool and Atlético Madrid gets a tail end. Liverpool Mayor Steve Rotheram asked for an independent investigation on Thursday to continue the game.
Liverpool-Atlético of March 11 is believed to be one of the causes of the spread of the coronavirus in the English city. Stadium Anfield was sold out that night with 51,000 English supporters and 3,000 Spanish fans who traveled from Madrid.
At the time, there were already six confirmed infections in Liverpool, while the COVID-19 virus had already broken out in Madrid. However, thousands of Spaniards went to England with them.
“If people got infected as a direct result of a sports game, which we think shouldn’t have taken place, it would be outrageous,” Rotheram said in a statement. BBC.
Earlier complaints about continuing Liverpool-Atlético
Earlier, the highest public health director in Liverpool, Matthew Aston, said that Liverpool-Atlético should never have gone through. “I don’t think the seriousness of the situation had reached everyone in the government at the time.”
Liverpool-Atlético became a real spectacle on the field. Atlético won after a 2-0 deficit and after a nice extension by 2-3, which surprisingly eliminated the defending champion and qualified for the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
The tournament cannot be completed for the time being due to the corona crisis. UEFA announced on Thursday that finalizing the national leagues is a priority and that the Champions League and Europa League will only be completed in August, if justified.
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