[SPORT] There was no mercy: Águilas will face Boyacá Chicó with seven players

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This Sunday, Águilas Doradas confirmed that they will play the match against Boyacá Chicó, at around 3:30 in the afternoon at the Alberto Grisales stadium, on date 18 in the I-2021 League. Despite the fact that the eastern Antioquia team tried to postpone the game, due to the absence of players due to injuries and infected with covid-19, Dimayor refused this request and to avoid sanctions, the team will play with seven players, the minimum required for play a match.

'We were three points behind the first and today we are the same'

“We allow ourselves to inform the public that Talento Dorado S.A. made every effort so that the meeting for date 18 to be held today (Sunday, April 11) in the city of Rionegro (Águilas Doradas vs. Boyacá Chicó) was postponed, with the firm conviction of protecting sporting integrity; however, all the arguments were rejected by Dimayor, ”the 'dorado' club said in a two-page statement.

Águilas published in this communiqué, seven points by which they supported themselves for the postponement of this match. It should be noted that Boyacá Chicó has been in Antioquia territory since Saturday and that the official rights channel had withdrawn this meeting from its grid. However, everything would indicate that it would be played.

Among the points, the club said that for the 2021 season, only 29 players registered, of which seven are injured as certified by the ARL, added to the fact that 16 players are infected by covid-19 and four members of the coaching staff.

Águilas Doradas announces that it has no more than 7 players to appear in the league game against Chicó. #WbeimarLoDice pic.twitter.com/BMq3DcsCwh

- @WbeimarMunoz. (@WbeimarMunoz) April 11, 2021
On Saturday, one of the infected players was authorized by Dr. Pineda of the Colombian Football Federation, hand in hand with the protocol and two more would be pending to be enabled, once the igG tests and the igM test are carried out. Regarding the possibility of registering youth players, Águilas explained that the 2021 U-20 Youth Cup will not take place and because of that, it was a ‘utopia’, having this alternative.

Finally, they pointed to the Dimayor and described the regulation that was approved at the beginning of the pandemic as "light and adynamic", which requires the development of games with at least seven players. "Águilas Doradas will be forced to appear on the field of play today with only seven players in order not to be subject to severe sanctions," the club stressed in the same statement.

The Antioquia team pointed out that Colombia will be in the news when this match is played, which was important due to the issue of relegation. "It will be sadly famous worldwide in addition to our FPC, which once only achieved glory for our nation," he said.