By: EFE
By: EFE
The meeting between the Arsenal and the Wolverhampton , of the twentieth day of the Premier, scheduled for Tuesday 28 December, was postponed due to COVID cases – 19 that affect the team that the Portuguese Bruno Lage trains.
“The numerous positives detected in the COVID tests – 15 and the injuries have led the Wolves to ask for the game to be postponed ”, Wolverhampton said in a statement.
Subsequently, A note made public by the Premier confirmed the “acceptance of the request for postponement because Wolverhampton Wanderers does not have the required number of players available for the match (thirteen field players and one goalkeeper) due to the cases of covid and injuries in their squad ”.
Our trip to @Arsenal on Tuesday 28 th December has been postponed, with Bruno Lage having an insufficient number of players available to fulfil the fixture.
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– Wolves (@Wolves) December 21, 2021
Arsenal, for its In part, he also made the cancellation of the crash official. “We regret to announce that our Premier League match against Wolves on Tuesday 28 in December has been postponed due to that several members of the Wolves staff have tested positive for COVID – 19. This match will be rescheduled in due course and the tickets and / or hospitality packages purchased for this match will be valid for the rescheduled date. ”
This suspension joins the meeting between the Leeds United and Aston Villa , also set for Tuesday, due to the positives that affect the team of Argentine Marcelo Bielsa.
Leeds have not recovered troops since days ago they began to accumulate infections. In fact, his Boxing Day match against Liverpool already had to be canceled.
With the Arsenal-Wolverhampton , they have been postponed 15 total matches in England’s top flight in December.