Thomas Tuchel criticizes the Premier for not postponing Chelsea match due to COVID-19 cases

The Premier League of England has been hit by the coronavirus (COVID-19) in recent weeks, since a large number of infections were registered in different clubs. Chelsea is one of the teams affected in that sense, but they have not stopped playing, despite the request that the board presented to the English authorities.

This Sunday, December 19, the ‘Blues’ visited Wolverhampton at the Molineux Stadium, on the 18th date of the league tournament, with a large number of casualties due to contagion. Precisely, due to the infectious outbreak, coach Thomas Tuchel indicated, hours before the match, that he had many complications to make up his eleven.

Even in the face of this problem with COVID-19, the German DT revealed to Sky Sports that a day before (Saturday) they asked the Premier League to suspend the game against Wolves, but the answer was negative. “It doesn’t matter if we can understand the decision, because we won’t. This is very hard for us”, Explained the strategist.

“We are very concerned about the health of the players. New positive tests arrive every day. How does this stop if we are three hours sitting on a bus? How do we stop it if we have meetings together and just pretend nothing is happening? So it won’t stop“Added the technician, notoriously uncomfortable.

“We are disappointed and a bit angry, because this makes us less competitive”, Stated Thomas Tuchel. Recall that Chelsea had reported that Romelu Lukaku, Timo Werner, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ben Chilwell (also injured) were infected; while Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Kai Havertz tested positive last Saturday. Meanwhile, Jorginho tested negative on his most recent test, but was left out as a precaution.

What matches have been suspended in the Premier League?

Matchday 18 of the Premier League accumulated six games suspended due to the increase in coronavirus infections: Aston Villa vs. Burnley, Manchester United vs. Brighton, Southampton vs. Brentford, Watford vs. Crystal Palace, West Ham vs. Norwich and Everton vs. Leicester.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that Tottenham vs. Brighton, Brentford vs. Manchester United, Burnley vs. Watford and Leicester vs. Tottenham were the other matches that were not played because of COVID-19 in the previous days.