Premier League lockout crisis intensifies! The epidemic situation of Manchester City team is difficult to control, and every round of tests is positive.

The epidemic prevention personnel at the edge of the Premier League.

Under the raging epidemic, the Premier League seems to be in a crisis of shutdown again.

The match between Everton and Manchester City, scheduled for the early morning of December 29th, Beijing time, was postponed due to several COVID-19 positive cases in Manchester City. Whether the Manchester City team's game can be carried out normally is still inconclusive.

In English football, Manchester City is not the only team with positive cases, and it is not the only one that postponed the game because of the serious epidemic. At a time when the epidemic in Britain is difficult to control, people have to start to consider the possibility of the Premier League stopping again.

the staff disinfected the goal.

Manchester City Training Base has been closed "indefinitely"

According to the original schedule, Manchester City will play Everton in the early morning of 29th Beijing time, but just a few hours before the start of the game, the two teams officially announced the decision to postpone the game.

The reason for the delay is the "outbreak" of COVID-19 in Manchester City. Earlier, at Christmas, Manchester City confirmed that two players and two staff members from kyle walker and Jesus were COVID-19 positive. According to The Times, three new players from Manchester City were COVID-19 positive. At present, there are as many as five players and two staff members in the team.

It is reported that the training base in Manchester City has been closed "indefinitely" at present, and all players and staff will have another nucleic acid test on Tuesday.

However, regarding the postponement of the competition, all parties involved have different attitudes.

Everton is quite dissatisfied with this. At present, Everton's home game has allowed 2 spectators to enter, and if they can beat Manchester City at home, they can surpass the latter in the standings and reach the top six.

Goodison Park, Everton's home, is empty.

"Everton Football Club regrets the postponement of the game against Manchester City. Our players are ready for the game, and so are the staff of the team. Although Everton believes that public safety is the most important thing, we ask Manchester City to fully disclose the information provided to the Premier League, so that the club will know why it decided to postpone the game. "

However, Manchester City said that the decision to postpone the game was made on the basis of medical professional advice and after the two teams agreed through consultation ...

It is worth mentioning that according to the regulations of the Premier League this season, a game can only be postponed when there are less than 14 players available for a team, but if the current five players in Manchester City are diagnosed with COVID-19, it seems that the requirements for delaying the game cannot be met.

The Premier League said in the official announcement that the game was postponed for "preventive" reasons. "This decision was made to protect the health of players and staff. The Premier League still has confidence in the epidemic prevention regulations and the compliance of clubs."

Arsenal centre-back Gabriel COVID-19 tested positive.

Will the Premier League fall into the lockout crisis again?

In the case that Manchester City Club is temporarily "paralyzed", how to arrange the subsequent games has also caused concern.

According to the schedule, in the early morning of January 4th, Manchester City will play Chelsea away in the next Premier League match, and then play Manchester United in the Carling Cup semi-final. This time, when the epidemic broke out, it was doubtful whether these heavyweight events could be staged as scheduled.

In addition, whether the epidemic will spread further and cause the Premier League to stop again has become a possibility that must be discussed.

The postponed match between Everton and Manchester City is the second match in the Premier League since the new season, which was postponed because of the epidemic-the match between Newcastle and Aston Villa was postponed because of the epidemic in early December.

In addition to the Premier League, many matches in other leagues have been postponed-rochdale, the first team, postponed the next two games, doncaster postponed the next three games, and Mogambi, the second team, also announced the postponement of the next two games.

In fact, since the new season, there has been an endless stream of COVID-19 positives in the Premier League. On December 22nd, the Premier League officially released information that a new round of Covid-19 test was conducted from December 14th to 2th, and the results showed that seven people were positive. Traditionally, players or club staff who test positive will isolate themselves for 1 days.

In the previous rounds of testing (once a week), many positive cases were detected in each round, and in many cases, the positive cases could reach double digits. Coupled with the recent outbreak of the British epidemic, the threat of the virus to the Premier League increased instead of decreasing.

At present, the British media are also tracing back to the source of many cases of infection in Manchester City. On the morning of 23rd, Manchester City had just played the Carling Cup quarter-final match at Arsenal's home, when the epidemic situation in London was already very serious.

According to the BBC, COVID-19-positive cases also appeared in the hotel where Manchester City stayed in London at that time.

Shortly after the match between Manchester City and Everton was postponed, Arsenal announced through the official website that the defender Gabriel COVID-19 tested positive ...

It seems that it is getting harder and harder for the Premier League to be immune from the epidemic.

Proofreading: Ding Xiao