Tottenham Hotspur’s group infection case ‘failing out’… EPL Brighton match postponed

The new corona virus infection (Corona 19) cluster infection of the Tottenham Hotspur team, an English professional soccer team where Son Heung-min (29) plays, is spreading all over the place. Following the postponement of the UEFA Europa Conference League matches, the regular league schedule has also been disrupted.

The English Premier League (EPL) announced on the 10th that the board of directors had decided to postpone the match between Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton and Hove Albion. Tottenham were scheduled to play an away match against Brighton in the EPL round 16 of the 2021-2022 season at 11 pm on the 12th. However, Tottenham Hotspur, who had a large number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in their squad, requested the postponement of the Brighton match. The Premier League has also shut down Tottenham’s first-team training facilities in consultation with British health officials. Tottenham Hotspur should have played a home match against Stade Rennes (France) on the morning of the 10th, but this match has already been postponed, so the impact of the cluster infection is growing.

Earlier on the 9th, the Tottenham club officially announced the fact that the group was infected by announcing that “the match against Ren will not be held due to the number of positive cases of COVID-19 in the club.” Tottenham manager Antonio Conte also said at an official press conference before the Rennes match was canceled, “Eight players and five staff members have been diagnosed with COVID-19. “Every day, positives are coming out,” he said. The club did not disclose the identity of the member infected with Corona 19, but the British media Football Insider reported on the 7th that Son Heung-min was included in the confirmed player. The media also mentioned Emerson Royal, Brian Hill, Lucas Mora, Ben Davis and Christian Romero as confirmed players. In fact, in the recently released Tottenham training video, Son Heung-min and other players identified as confirmed patients were not seen. As the cluster infection spreads, it is unclear whether the Premier League match between Leicester City and the Premier League scheduled for the 17th will be held normally.

Meanwhile, Pitesser (Netherlands), who competed for second place in the group stage with Tottenham in the Europa Conference League group stage, won the final group match and moved up to second place, beating Tottenham. Accordingly, Tottenham must win the postponed Stade Rennes (France) match to survive in the UEFA Europa Conference League. On the morning of the 10th, Pittesse defeated Mura (Slovenia) in Arnhem, the Netherlands, 3-1 in their home match in Group G Group G of the 2021-2022 season. Pittsser, who broke the balance with Thomas Bachtink’s opening goal in the 3rd minute of the game, started the game early, leading the first half 3-0 with consecutive goals from Royce Offenda in the 35th minute and Dan Huisman in the 40th minute. With this victory, Piteser finished the group stage with 10 points (3 wins, 1 draws and 2 losses) and moved up to second place over Tottenham (7 points, 2 wins, 1 draws and 2 losses), whose match against Ren was postponed. In the Europa Conference League group stage, the first place in the group advances directly to the round of 16. The 2nd placed team in the Europa League (UEL) will play a play-off (PO) to join the 3rd placed team in the round of 16. So Tottenham must beat Rennes to qualify for the playoffs. Tottenham, which recorded 1 win, 1 loss, 3 goals and 3 conceded goals against Piteser, is currently tied with Piteser by +3 in goal difference in the overall match. If Tottenham beat Rennes, they will take the lead in goal difference and regain second place.

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