Colo Colo asks to suspend the match against Audax Italiano due to massive contagion of COVID-19

Colo Colo It is on red alert for the massive contagion of COVID-19 and will not be able to count with 19 players between positive cases and those who are considered close contacts. The ‘Cacique’ must face this Thursday, October 28, Audax Italiano for him Chilean National Championship, but made a special request to the ANFP.

Faced with the critical situation due to the wave of infections, Colo Colo expressed his wish to suspend the match against Audax Italiano. The president of the club, Edmundo Valladares, spoke about the crisis that his institution is going through.

“We found out before from the press. We demand that the ANFP suspend the match. We do not want exceptions, we want sports justice, it is the final stretch of the tournament and we want to have the same conditions to compete “, said in dialogue with ‘Cooperativa’.

Raise your voice

Colo Colo He is the leader of the Chilean National Championship with 55 points, five more than the Universidad Católica, his closest pursuer, and ten more than his rival on duty, Audax Italiano. The boss of the box ‘Albo’ showed his discomfort at having to play a momentous match like this Thursday with youth.

“They are forcing us to play with underage boys in a match in the final stretch of the tournament. There is a resolution that was sent less than an hour ago. There are not only 19 players but the entire coaching staff, the props and the press area, we believe that the situation is very critical and we call on the ANFP not to damage the final stretch of the game “Valladares added.

Statement from Colo Colo

“We accept the resolution of the health authority and immediately ask the ANFP to postpone the match against Audax Italiano, valid for the twenty-ninth date of the national tournament, considering that under the current conditions, sports justice would be violated in a key stage for the championship “, they expressed in an official document.