Spanish football will be different on its return: ‘Footballers are people, not machines’
“Spanish football will be different when it comes to life again,” said Spanish Football Association’s President Rafael Ramos. “Everything that goes into the game will have to be sterilized before the game, during halftime and after the duel,” he told El Pais. “But players will also approach the game differently,” he added.
According to him, teams will have to prepare for different strategies and adapt to protocols to curb the pandemic of the new coronavirus, which will be required to restart competitions. “In the beginning, players will certainly not approach others with the same personal contact as before. We will see some different football. Among other things, there will certainly not be as much posture and ‘joy’ in the corner of the corner as before,” Rafael Ramos boldly announced. The 52-year-old added that all these restrictions, the fact that there will be no spectators present that there will be tests and temperature measurements, will affect the boys ’head. “They are footballers and not machines,” he underlined.
Ramos pointed out that the ball to be played should not be a potential source of infection among footballers on the green. “All material used, including the greens, must be sterilized before, at half-time and after the match. An unknown ball can bring infection, but a sterilized ball on sterilized greens would make it difficult to infect anyone,” Ramos added, revealing , what will football look like when it continues this season, if it happens on Spanish soil at all.
Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa told AFP at a news conference today that Spanish football greens might not come to life by summer, adding that any announcement of when the Spanish championship would start is too fast.
Spaniards will be able to leave their homes for outdoor exercise and walks again next weekend, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced. Indeed, since the quarantine of the new coronavirus was declared quarantine on March 14, the Spaniards must not leave their homes except for a quick shopping trip or a doctor’s visit.
