The health of the ACB teams is once again twisted and the trickle of positive cases of coronavirus continues at the same time that the competition is forced to postpone meetings. From the next day, just one day after their supposed dispute, it remains to be seen if the classic duel between Real Madrid and Barcelona will be played. Scheduled for 6:30 p.m. this Sunday, January 2 (#Let’s go), it is in the air.
The Barcelona has announced in the last hours a new batch of cases among which are two players, Nico Laprovittola and Brandon Davies, the main technician, Sarunas Jasikevicius, and three other members of the usual expedition. To them we must add Pierre Oriola, Nick Calathes and Kyle Kuric, who were infected last week. The last game of the Catalan club was in the Euroleague and against Baskonia, another team that is in the middle of an outbreak, so the trend in the two teams is on the rise and not for the better.
The Madrid it has been recovering troops in these Christmas days in which it has not had to make efforts. Fabien Causeur, Thomas Heurtel and Vincent Poirier, as well as coach Pablo Laso, have fulfilled the time stipulated by the authorities to recover and, if they pass the relevant tests, they will be ready. But the team continues with problems in other players such as Sergio Llull, Jeffery Taylor, Adam Hanga or the already injured Carlos Alocen. The Whites have seen their last two games suspended, against Joventut in the League and against Fenerbahçe in the Euroleague, before the new year.
The Endesa League is monitoring the situation with a view to a possible suspension.