While Spain and Italy are the two European countries most affected by the coronavirus, the “Funny ladies” of RMC Sport witness the reactions of their respective countries. On the Fred Hermel side, live from Madrid, there is above all a partial respect for the state of emergency on the part of the Spanish, while Simone Rovera has only left her home once this week.
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A whole confined country: our correspondent in Italy, Simone Rovera, tells us about this difficult period and how the Calcio adapts to the situation. pic.twitter.com/5djKPvpfit
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“I am confined to my home, as it is necessary to do in Italy, said our Italian correspondent in the Integral Sport, while the confinement is decreed since the beginning of the week. Since Monday, I went out only one day, to recover my daughter who was staying with her grandparents. We brought the whole family together. ”
Rovera: “Our life revolves around the civil protection conference”
“Our whole life revolves around the conference, every day at 6 p.m., of the Italian civil protection, which gives the number of dead, infected, people in intensive care, he added. We are waiting every day now to see if things are better or not. And every day it gets worse, he regretted. According to government information, the numbers will go up a lot for another two weeks. “
In this context, sport seems distant. Several cases of contaminated footballers, in Sampdoria or Fiorentina have been announced. “There is had a statement from the Italian football association, which is very harsh towards certain clubs which have not declared a total stop, he confirmed. Many questions arise about the resumption of training and competitions. The situation is quite tense. We are awaiting the arrangements to be announced by UEFA on Tuesday. “
Spaniards “not very disciplined”
The sound of the bell is relatively similar at Fred Hermel, in Spain. The country is currently in the same situation as France: “non-essential” shops are all closed. Drastic measures accentuated in the evening this Saturday. “We cannot say that the Spanish are very disciplined, he noted before the announcement. The mayor must close the parks from 4 pm because, as the schools have all been closed since Wednesday, the parents are bringing their children kids at the park. I went out to shop today and saw dozens of runners. “
“Across Spain, we are taking drastic measures. For the moment, no one is talking about the suspension of the La Liga, as some club presidents do in France,” he continues. “There are no contaminated footballers , just a basketball player from Real Madrid and probably a member of the technical staff. But all the clubs have stopped collective training. Here everyone is training at home. “
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