The Spanish Federation confirms that its president, Luis Rubiales, has been infected with the Corona virus

The Spanish Football Association announced that its president, Luis Rubiales, had been infected with the new Corona virus, after contact with a worker during the weekend.

The Catalan newspaper "Mundo Deportivo" revealed that Luis Rubiales missed the men's and women's Spanish Super matches that were held during the past few days after he isolated himself amid precautionary measures to recover quickly.

A few days ago, Radio Catalonia revealed that the President of the Spanish Federation had been in quarantine, but days after he had been subjected to a corona sample that had proven positive.

The radio stated that the president of the Spanish Federation canceled all its meetings and contacts during the current week until the Corona virus is recovered and the sample is negative.

It revealed that the President of the Spanish Federation and some employees close to the worker who initially tested positive have maintained the implementation of safety and protection measures, as stipulated in the health protocols.

In another context, Luis Rubiales, President of the Spanish Football Federation, spoke about the controversy surrounding the footage of the Athletic Bilbao defender touching the ball with his hand inside the penalty area in the last seconds of Real Madrid's meeting, last Thursday in the semifinals of the Spanish Super Cup, and not seeing it from the video judges "Mouse".

 

The shot of Athletic Bilbao defender Unai Nñez touching the ball with his hand inside the penalty area in the fifth minute of time instead of lost to the match raised many questions about the failure of the referees of the video "Far" to be alerted to this shot and not to return it to decide whether or not there is a penalty kick.

 

Rubiales told the Spanish "Cuatro" channel, "This exciting shot should have been shown in the video technology room" Var ", it was a failure in the performance, and you have to apologize when you do something wrong."

 

The president of the Spanish Federation added, "You should be self-critical and if there are things that have not been handled well, analyze and improve them. The positive part is that they were seen and not a punishment."

 

Real Madrid players had called for a penalty kick in the fifth minute of time instead of lost to the match, after Unai Nñez touched the ball with his hand inside the penalty area, and the match ended with the Basque team winning 2-1.