Disappointed Vladimir Coufal from Slavia after the match with Barcelona.
Vlastimil Vacek, Right
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As if he knew something. Over the weekend, Jaroslav Tvrdík went to Austria not only to sign contracts with Coufal and Bořil, but also to discuss the difficult coronavirus situation with the entire team.
“We discussed the need for further hygiene measures, including the self-discipline of all A-team members and their families. We want to play European and Czech competitions. Atlético shows how difficult it will be to resist covid. It will be a big challenge. We have to do it!” pointed out the club boss on Sunday.
ℹ️ | Presence testing #COVID19 between the players and the implementation team in Austria revealed one positive case. The team returns to the Czech Republic, the player with a positive finding goes to the quarantine. #SKSPriprava2020
???? INFORMATION ➡️ https://t.co/sHyZx2YQnz pic.twitter.com/5bTsfcjErA
– SK Slavia Prague @ (@slaviaofficial) August 11, 2020
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In just two days, the gloomy vision occurred. “Testing for the presence of covid-19 between the players and the implementation team in Austria revealed one positive case. The team is returning to the Czech Republic, the player with a positive finding is quarantined,” Slavia confirms on his website.
Just today, we discussed the need for additional hygiene measures, including self-discipline for all A-Team members and their families. We want to play European and Czech competitions. Atletico shows how difficult Covid will resist. It will be a great challenge to handle it. We must! pic.twitter.com/7oIlpmnnJZ
– Jaroslav Tvrdik (@JaroslavTvrdik) August 9, 2020
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The training camp in Laa an der Thaya ran according to plan. Coach Jindřich Trpišovský praised how the players work and fight for places in the line-up. Slavia initially outclassed St. St. Pölten 5: 0, then defeated the Hungarian vice-champion Fehérvár 3: 1.
However, Vienna will not have time for the next two planned matches with Sturm and Australia.
To the rooms one by one?
“Following the positive finding, we consulted the Hygiene Station of the City of Prague as a club on the subsequent procedure. the city of Prague, which ordered the home quarantine for players with a positive finding and recommended the rest of the team to return to the Czech Republic. With the adoption of these hygienic measures, the players return to Prague together with the implementation and support team, “explains the spokesman Michal Býček.
The boss came in the evening with more details. “Slavia quarantine with the possibility of a partial training process according to the results of Friday’s tests is preliminarily ordered until August 24,” Tvrdík reports on twitter. The first league match of stitching is planned for Sunday, August 23, on the field of České Budějovice …
According to the idnes.cz server, the whole team should stay in the hotel in rooms one by one after their return. As stated by the director of the Hygiene Station of the Capital City of Prague, Zdeňka Jágrová, Slavia will probably undergo further tests on Wednesday, and according to the results, a decision will be made on further steps, including possible quarantine of the entire team.
The two remaining matches of the Austrian concentration with @SKSturm a @FKAustriaWien were officially canceled. The team returned to Prague prematurely today after one of its members tested positive for COVID-19.#SKSPriprava2020 pic.twitter.com/Q4sRjmBcAw
– SK Slavia Prague @ (@slaviaofficial) August 11, 2020
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“We have recorded the report on the occurrence of the disease in the Slavia team and we are in intensive contact with the club’s representatives. However, the league is not endangered at the moment, “assures the management of the League Football Association in a statement.
This is the second case of infection for the Vršovice club. In May, before the resumption of the first league after a break caused by a pandemic, a coronavirus was discovered in one of the footballers of the wider cadre.
The situation is complicated for all home clubs, they solve it together. That is why competing Sparta also expressed solidarity with the stitchers. “I wish SKS to manage the situation with a positive covid test for one member of the A-team and, above all, to have no health consequences for the club, but also for the player himself,” wrote communication director Ondřej Kasík on the social network.
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