Paris Saint-Germain officially confirmed that Messi and other four players tested positive for COVID-19. Since the outbreak in Europe in March 2020, Messi was unfortunately infected for the first time. At this point, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mbappé, Neymar, Salah, Benzema, Van Dyke, Son Heung-Min, Modric, Neuer and other first-line super giants have all entered the positive list. Lewandowski, Haaland and others have survived multiple rounds of the epidemic.
With the "Omicron virus" raging in Europe, statistics and monitoring lag far behind the spread of cases, the European League is suffering. Although at the end of last year, the Premier League, Bundesliga, and multinational leagues all urgently re-vaccinate, but the plan is obviously unable to keep up with the changes. The short break during the Christmas holiday is another round of horror transmission rate, and many teams have appeared in large areas. Recruitment, the dilemma of the second shutdown due to the epidemic two years later may be imminent.
MMN no one is spared
During Christmas, Messi returned to his hometown Rosario for vacation, and also attended a party with his wife Antonella. According to the plan, Messi was supposed to return to Paris on Sunday to prepare for the French Cup in the early hours of Tuesday morning, but in the test before returning to France, Messi was tested positive. Including the test after Paris Saint-Germain's vacation, a total of 4 people in the team were positive. At first, in order to protect the privacy of players and avoid panic, the team did not announce a specific list, but it was eventually disclosed by the media. This infection also means that Messi will definitely miss the French Cup and Vannes, whether it can catch up with the first battle with Lyon on January 9 is unknown.
In addition to Messi, Paris Saint-Germain's other three infected players are Bernat, Rico and Bitumazara. Among them, only Bernat is considered as a rotation player, and the other two are absent, which has little effect on the Paris regular lineup. Influence. But what makes Paris fans depressed is that despite having one of Europe's best anti-epidemic hardware and medical teams, the team's daily management is lax, but the players are always unfortunately infected. In September 2020, Neymar was infected with COVID-19. At that time, after the Champions League final, the Brazilian immediately went to Ibiza, Spain for vacation. However, Spain, which opened its borders, quickly became the hardest-hit area with Greece and other countries. The reporter took pictures of Neymar's infection with no protective measures.
After the Brazilians, Icardi, Di Maria, Paredes, Navas and Marchinhos were infected one after another, and Mbappe, who was tested positive at the latest, was even in a game with the French team and was ranked He only tested positive after entering the starting lineup. The positive test of Messi’s COVID-19 may also involve many relatives and friends: after all, he flew to Rosario from Paris on the Messi’s special plane before Christmas, excluding his wife Antonella and three children. There are club and national team teammates Di Maria, Icardi and Paredes. If the three are unfortunately infected in the subsequent re-examination, Messi will really affect many people on this journey.
Large-scale team infections have become the new normal
Beginning at the end of last year, with the raging Omicron virus, the epidemic that had been sporadic most of the time in 2021 has spread even more than in the spring of 2020. In the second week of December, 13 people were infected with Tottenham. At first, it was only regarded as an extreme case of out-of-control epidemic prevention and control, but later, Big6 almost became a large-scale infection almost without exception. Salah, Van Dyke, Lukaku, etc. were all infected at this time, and there was Modric in La Liga. In December alone, the number of positive cases in the Premier League exceeded 100, of which 19 were infected by Manchester United, setting a record high number of single-team infections so far. And Tottenham, the first to suffer, is due to the fact that the players generally end the isolation earlier, and the staff in the New Year's schedule is relatively abundant.
Although many Premier League games have been postponed due to the epidemic, the Premier League, which insists on the non-stop league and the Christmas schedule to start as scheduled, has left all parties speechless. As of New Year's Day, the number of COVID-19 cases in Europe has exceeded 100 million. In response to the epidemic, the Premier League proposed countermeasures and introduced a real-time tracking system. Each club must provide information on all cases, isolation, injuries and available players. In addition, in the case of a shortage of test kits across the UK, the Premier League paid Prenetics for individual testing, tracking the flow every day, and PCR testing twice a week. Test tents have been set up in the training grounds and parking lots of most clubs.
But obviously, this runs counter to the demands of the teams, especially the coaches. Manchester United coach Rangnick said: "If someone proposes to abolish the Christmas schedule, then we might as well talk about the abolition of five o'clock tea or the Queen of England, this is part of the tradition of this country." Tuchel simply fired on the Premier League: "The European continent is having a winter break, and everything is placed on the shoulders of the players here. Even when the epidemic spreads in the team, they will still insist that you continue to play. In the end, many important decisions about the schedule are those people. It was done in a leisurely manner at the desk.” As for Guardiola, Arteta, and Klopp, who have been diagnosed with positive results, they must also be concerned.
However, the Christmas vacation that Tuchel approves has evolved into disastrous consequences this Christmas: As the World Cup is held at the end of this year, the players’ summer vacation has been further compressed, and most teams have also given players a short period out of humane considerations. False, but what they get is a more tragic diagnosis. cab reported that as the hardest hit area of the epidemic, as many as 10 people were positive in the first team of Barcelona. A total of 16 players in the team were absent due to various reasons. This round of the battle with Mallorca can only continue to draw new players from the second team. Real Madrid were positive for Covid by Courtois, Valverde, Kamavenga and Vinicius during the same period, and then Jovic was infected again. Fortunately, the first three got negative results in time and played against Getafe. As for Atletico Madrid, which was faltering at the end of 2021, Griezman, Cork, Felix, Herrera and head coach Simeone tested positive for COVID-19. They were forced to stay at home while quarantining, but they also increased the risk of infecting the team. . And Bayern, which caused many teammates to close up because Kimmich refused to vaccinate, was obviously not a fuss. Goalkeeper Neuer, defender Richards, midfielder Tolisso, and winger Kemang all tested positive results.