Wuhan footballer in Spain: “Like viruses on two legs”

Spanish coach Jose Gonzalez's team traveled to Spain at the end of January. Due to the outbreak of the Sars-CoV2 virus, the kickers and their coach had to stay there longer than originally estimated. The Chinese city of Wuhan, with a population of eleven million, is considered to be the origin of the Corona crisis, which has long since had Europe under control. When the team arrived in Spain, the players were looked at as if they were “viruses on two legs,” the coach reported. “That was absolutely the case,” Gonzalez said in an interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung (Monday) shortly before the return trip to China. “We will feel safer in China than in Spain” Gonzalez sees the fact that his team left a few hours before Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez declared a state of alarm in the country because of the coronavirus as a deja vu experience. “A little, yes. This cannot be dismissed out of hand. What should we do? It is like it is." However, his team will not travel back to the still sealed off city of Wuhan, but rather to Beijing. “After we arrive, we first go into quarantine. As for everyone who arrives in Beijing,” Gonzalez explained. “We will feel safer in China than in Spain. The figures from the end of last week only speak of a dozen new infections, most of them in Wuhan.” However, the considerations were based more on timing. Super League is scheduled to start in May The Chinese Super League is now scheduled to start at the beginning of May. “If we go back now and leave the two-week quarantine behind us, we will have a month to specifically prepare for the start of the league,” said Gonzalez.

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Wuhan footballer in Spain: “Like viruses on two legs”

There is an odyssey behind the footballers of FC Wuhan Zall. They have been in Europe for months and have not been able to go home until now, although they now feel much safer in their homeland than here.

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