FIFA referee Nicolas Lamolina assured that, despite not having "symptoms", he decided together with the rest of the referees who were in the match between Flamengo and Barcelona to make a "preventive safeguard" after it became known that the vice-president and the technical director of the Brazilian team tested positive for coronavirus.
"We decided to make a preventive move and now we are in quarantine," revealed Lamolina, who was the fourth official in the aforementioned meeting and where the referee himself said that he had "a handshake" with Jorge Jesús, the coach of Flamengo. In addition to Nicolas Lamolina, the main referee Facundo Tello and assistants Pablo González and Julio Fernández, who have already undergone the corresponding exams, are in the same situation. "You have to try to be calm and not generate psychosis", Lamolina said to TyC Sports, while commenting "If we did not decide to stop on our own, we could put many people at risk."
Lamolina was appointed for the game played last Monday by Lanús and Argentinos Juniors, which was finally led by Hernán Mastrángelo and gave his opinion on the decision not to be present. "It was a conscious and very correct decision because I had to referee Lanús - Argentinos on Monday and if I did it was going to be a risk, that's why I got off," he said, after which he revealed that he feels "very contained" by the football environment. In this sense he said: "(Federico) Beligoy, (Claudio) Tapia and (Héctor) Baldassi are very close to us to know how we are at the health level. We feel very contained by everyone at this time." Lamolina also pointed out about the coronavirus outbreak: "It is a social issue and as a first step we have to make society aware that it is not something so minor and that is how we are going to get ahead."
Source: Jornada
Lamolina was appointed for the game played last Monday by Lanús and Argentinos Juniors, which was finally led by Hernán Mastrángelo and gave his opinion on the decision not to be present. "It was a conscious and very correct decision because I had to referee Lanús - Argentinos on Monday and if I did it was going to be a risk, that's why I got off," he said, after which he revealed that he feels "very contained" by the football environment. In this sense he said: "(Federico) Beligoy, (Claudio) Tapia and (Héctor) Baldassi are very close to us to know how we are at the health level. We feel very contained by everyone at this time." Lamolina also pointed out about the coronavirus outbreak: "It is a social issue and as a first step we have to make society aware that it is not something so minor and that is how we are going to get ahead."
Source: Jornada