[Sport] Argentine government gives the go-ahead for soccer teams to return to training

[Dr.Drako]

Alberto Fernández, president of the Albiceleste country, announced that professional clubs will be able to practice in their fields from next August 10.

Argentine football took the first step on its return to the fields on Tuesday, when it received the government's permission to start training on August 10, after almost five months of suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

The government of President Alberto Fernández approved on Tuesday the sanitary protocols for the resumption of practices and authorized in stages the training of the clubs of the Professional League of the first division and the First National (second).

In this context, on Monday, August 10, the first division teams, including Boca, River, Racing and Defense and Justice, who play the Copa Libertadores, together with Tigre, the only team of the promotion that participates in the continental tournament, while the rest will do so from September 2.

 

In the meeting that was held at the Casa Rosada (government), in which the reopening was decided, the Chief of Cabinet of Ministries, Santiago Cafiero, the Ministers of Health, Ginés González García, and of Tourism and Sports, Matías Lammens participated. , and by the Argentine Football Association (AFA) President Claudio Tapia and Secretary Víctor Blanco.

 

The health protocol establishes that in the first days only physical work divided into groups of up to six footballers will be carried out, and it is also expected that they will arrive changed to the training places, that social distance will be maintained and that the shortest possible time will be shared in changing rooms, in addition to the use of sanitizers.

 

Another central point will be that of testing and controls at the schools, which was resolved when the AFA began the efforts to acquire the analysis equipment to distribute among the clubs.