Alerts are activated when the team returns to work in Paterna

The holidays are over. Valencia returned to training in the sports city of Patena to prepare for the December 31 match against Espanyol in Mestalla. José Bordalás' squad was summoned yesterday afternoon to the black and white facilities to undergo the PCR required by the LaLiga protocol. The players and the coaching staff, as well as all those who are within the discipline of the team, underwent medical tests upon arrival from the holidays to detect possible cases of Covid. The alert is maximum in the club due to the degree of contagion of the Omicron variant that is occurring in society and in particular in soccer teams. The players went on vacation with coexistence guidelines under their arms to protect themselves as much as possible from the virus during the Christmas period, but it may not have been enough. The first to arrive in Paterna was the injured Dimitri Foulquier. All the tests were carried out yesterday and the result of them will be known this Wednesday morning before the first training session. Depending on the results, the players who have positive will be isolated and the rest will jump onto the pitch to train. José Bordalás, his second Patri Moreno and central defender Omar Alderete have already recovered from their positive. The coach missed the matches against Elche in LaLiga and Arenteiro in the Copa del Rey, although he met the requirements to sit on the Ciutat de València bench. Alderete had less luck. The Paraguayan also missed the game against Levante. Fortunately, he has been able to enjoy the holidays with his family without problems and will be one of the new faces of the team when they return to work. Despite the PCR, the team will undergo a daily antigen test provided by LaLiga. The club will reinforce security in Paterna with the application of the new LaLiga protocol with limits on the use of changing rooms and the obligation to come and leave the facilities with sports clothing in order to reduce the maximum time possible in the venue, in addition of the usual recommendation of the use of the mask and social distance. Unfortunately, the old normal returns to Paterna. Valencia and football in general are fighting this sixth wave with a high level of contagion and fortunately with a lower rate of hospitalizations. The plague extends to many LaLiga teams and the worst thing is that there are still some that have not resumed work and have not undergone the relevant tests. Barcelona has reached four cases (Jordi Alba and Balde, in addition to Lenglet and Dani Alves). Mallorca, for example, reported a total of seven positives yesterday. Yesterday in Osasuna Íñigo Pérez and Chimy Ávila tested positive while Manu Sánchez, Darko and Barbero presented an “indeterminate result”. Betis communicated positive. La Real, for example, notified ten, while in Rayo new positives have been detected and there are already seventeen. In principle, he plans to request the postponement of the match against Atlético de Madrid on January 2. LaLiga has the last word. In Valencia, at the moment, everything is uncertainty.