Europa League Conference: Rennes reframes Tottenham on the postponement of the match due to the Covid

Stade Rennais qualifies as “London fog” (fog, in French) the press release from Tottenham, concerning the “Postponement” of the Europa League meeting Conference initially scheduled for Thursday (9 p.m.) at “London City”, and announced “Unilaterally” by Spurs earlier today.

A few hours earlier, the London club had “Confirmed” in a “Official press release” published at 9 p.m. as the match “Would not take place Thursday, December 9 at 9 p.m., after the detection of a certain number of positive cases for Covid within the club”. Thirteen cases of Covid (eight players and five members of the staff) were indeed detected Wednesday in the group of Tottenham.

The Breton club, however, wished to recall, around 11:30 p.m., that, although a videoconference was held between the two clubs and the representatives of UEFA, “No decision” postponement “Has not been confirmed”.

Rennes “maintains its decision to play” and threatens to seize UEFA

“The representative of Tottenham did not want to announce the number of her players affected by the Covid, specifies Rennes in its press release. She argued for a decision by the English authorities without advancing any official document. As the match was not officially canceled by UEFA, Stade Rennais maintained their decision to play. “

The Covid rules created by UEFA indeed stipulate “That a match must take place as long as the two clubs have at least 13 able-bodied players, including a goalkeeper”. Les Rouge et Noir, who also made the trip to England in the evening, since “Tottenham had confirmed by email the holding of the match at the beginning of the afternoon”, denounce a “Lack of fair play” and reserve “The right to contact UEFA”. The case may not stop there.

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