Tomorrow, Azerbaijani national futsal team will hold its first match at the European Championship, which takes place these days in the Netherlands. The first rival – the team of Georgia.
Unfortunately, before the start of the euro, our team has serious problems with the composition. Today it became known that the tests for COVID-19, taken from the main goalkeeper of the team of Rocky Huseynley and the naturalized Brazilian Gallo, turned out to be positive. Both players also took PCR tests, the results of which will be known tomorrow morning. If they are negative, the players will be able to participate in the match with Georgia.
Currently, Huseynley and Gallow are located at Quarantine and will not take part in pre-training training. Quarantine according to the laws established in the Netherlands will last seven days.
Earlier, two other players of the Azerbaijani national team were planted for quarantine – Eduardo Borges and Rafael Villa. The first was recorded “positive”, and the second is a dubious result. But in later tests of these players, Coronavirus was found not, and therefore both football players already in the camp of the national team.
There is a loss and because of injury. Retained Emanoel Joao Rodriguez. The damage was serious, and therefore UEFA allowed to replace the player. Instead Rodriguez, the name of Hadi Ahmadi was introduced into the application.
Azerbaijani national team for which this sixth in a row participation in the final part of the European Championship, got into the group “D”, where, in addition to Georgia, Spain and Bosnia and Herzegovina are also served. Tomorrow’s match with Georgia will be held in Groningen and will begin at 17:30 by Baku. On January 26, the wards Jose Aleksio da Silva will play with Spain, and January 29 – with Bosnia.
For the first time in the European Championships, 16 teams participate. They are divided into four groups. Two best teams will be released in the quarterfinal.