The Metz team canceled scheduled friendly matches after one handball player tested positive for coronavirus in the last test. The coach of the club, Emanuel Maionad, once again expressed his pessimistic attitude about the pandemic and playing matches in such conditions.
- This is a big blow for us and completely changes the course of our preparations. We can’t train in a group, nor can handball players be together. I was afraid of that, but I thought the chances of getting infected were minimal. I want the players to think about their health and their work, that is their existence. If we play without an audience from September, it will affect their income. We have made good progress in the past period, we had five friendly matches ahead of us, but now it is a disaster. We still don’t know if we will play against Bietigheim on August 28. We will only do this if everyone is tested and negative, otherwise we will give up everything. I am pessimistic, as I was in the spring for the playoff season. We need a clear rule, how many infected people will we stop training with. We can’t train at the moment, what will we do if that happens to us during the season, Mayonad told Le Republican Laurent.
