The ACB has announced the suspension of Valencia Basket-Barça corresponding to matchday 18 of the Endesa League that was to be played this Sunday (12:30 p.m.) in the Font de Sant Lluís pavilion. The reason is the new cases of coronavirus detected in the whole of Joan Penarroya, which already had the French power forward Louis Labeyrie included in the covid protocols.
The Barça He had already started the road trip, on his way to Valencia, when he found out about the postponement of the game. The Barça expedition has turned around when the bus was still in Catalan territory.
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The news was announced shortly before the Barça club also reported the positive of Nikola Mirotic after the Euroleague match against Anatolian Ephesus. The Hispanic-Montenegrin tested positive in the control carried out on the same Friday and returned to the test carried out this Saturday to confirm it, for which he is isolated at his home, although in good condition.
The ACB will announce the new match date in the coming days. For the azulgrana team, it is the fourth match postponed in the League after those of Morabanc Andorra, the one from Real Madrid and the one of Youth.
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