Top-flight Spanish football got a major boost, with the Spanish government
allowing teams in LaLiga Santander and LaLiga Smartbank to commence with group
training sessions comprising of up to ten players.
Such sessions can begin on May 18, just over a couple of months since the
season was paused as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision allows
teams to train despite whatever protocols their respective local governments
have in place.
LaLiga president Javier Tebas made an appearance on Movistar's El Partidazo
#BackToWin to help expound on this particular development.
About the CSD (Spain's High Sports Council)'s decision, he shares, "The start
of the next phase in LaLiga’s Return to Training protocol is another step
towards the restarting of the competition. It will be good to be able to set
all training routines on an equal footing. It’s very important that every club
have the same chance to be in good shape. It’s not essential, but it’s very
important and we’re grateful that it will be like that."
About the likelihood of playing everyday to get through the eleven matchdays
still on the schedule, he says, "That’s what I hope. We shouldn’t have any
problems playing on Mondays across the eleven rounds of matches we have left
to play. I hope for some sense from the Spanish Football Federation on this,
because it’s very important for us to be able to give both our national and
international broadcasters, and fans across the world, football on as many
days as possible to ensure as little disruption as possible."
Aside from the CSD's decision, the weekend was significant for sports as
top-flight football finally resumed in Germany. Tebas shared his delight about
the Bundesliga resuming play, "I’m very happy, and I’ve congratulated them
because they’ve taken a very important step. We’ve worked hard on this
together over the past months, we’ve exchanged protocols, ideas… we spoke once
or twice every week. I’m very proud of the Bundesliga. It wasn’t easy; they
were the first to get up and running and they’re an example to follow."
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