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The latest infections from Jasikevicius, Laprovittola and Davis raise the Barça positives to 9 and force the duel to be suspended
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The Joventut-Madrid postponed by the covid will be played on January 4
Barcelona has communicated that Conversation Jasikevicius, his coach, and the players Brandon Davies Y Nicolás Laprovittola, in addition to three other members of the coaching staff, tested positive for covid-19 in the PCR tests they were subjected to in the last hours of 2021. The Catalan club has a total of nine positives in your template
🏀 Real Madrid – Barça postponed this Sunday, January 2
👉More information: https://t.co/KbQa2zx6Ds pic.twitter.com/UWZjejOxa0
— Barça Basket (@FCBbasket) January 1, 2022
In a brief medical statement, where these six positives are reported, the club emphasizes that “Jasikevicius, Davis and Laprovittola are in good health.”
Soon after, the ACB issued a note in which he confirmed the postponement of the classic that Madrid and Barça had to play this Sunday (6.30 pm, WiZink Center).
The @RMBaloncesto – @FCBbasket, scheduled for Sunday, January 2 at 6:30 p.m. (Day 16 of the #LigaEndesa), is postponed due to the situation of positive cases of COVID-19 that affect the Barça squad.
Shortly, acb will announce the new date for the Classic.
– Endesa League (@ACBCOM) January 1, 2022
These Barça contagions are added to those of Pierre Oriola, Nick Calathes Y Kyle Kuric announced during the last days. In addition, the last Barça game, with a defeat, which provoked the ire of Jasikevicius, was against Baskonia (94-75), another team that lives another series of positive cases.
ℹ El Joventut – Real Madrid will be played on January 4 at 9:30 p.m.#RMBasketball
— Real Madrid Basket (@RMBaloncesto) December 27, 2021
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Madrid, which has seen its last two games in 2021 suspended due to coronavirus cases (Joventut in the Endesa League and Fenerbahçe in the Euroleague), has been recovering players such as Fabien conversationalist, Thomas Heurtel Y Vincent Poirier, who together with coach Pablo Laso have already complied with the confinement protocol.
With the classic there are already eight games postponed on this day of the ACB, among them Andorra-Manresa and Fuenlabrada-Joventut. At the moment, only Valencia Basket-Gran Canaria on Monday follows.
Reference-www.elperiodico.com