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Indian women's football team coach Thomas Dennerby said that the players got an infection with the hotel staff as the bio -bubble was not 'fullproof'. He said that the hotel staff was investigated on 17 January but …Read more
Coach Thomas Daneerbi said that he is not happy with the way AFC tournament event. (AFP)
Mumbai. Thoman Dennerby, the coach of the Indian women's football team, due to cases of corona infection in the team, the Asian Cup (AFC Women's Asian Cup-2022) Convicted AFC for being out of. Daneerbi said that his players got an infection with the hotel staff as the bio -bubble was not 'fullproof'. Attacking the Asian Football Confederation, Daneerbi said that India's dream of making a place in the FIFA World Cup did not break by the players' mistake but due to the weak bio bubble made by AFC.
Coach denerbi said that AFC In such a big tournament, there was no respect, sympathy or kindness towards the team to deal with the extraordinary situation. He said at the virtual press conference, 'We were negative in the investigation after reaching all the hotels. The first positive matter came when we came out of the hotel for practice. A day later, 7 hotel staff were found positive. It is not a rocket science to find out where we got the infection.
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He said, 'The hotel staff was investigated on January 17 and 7 positive results were detected on January 18 but the information was given on 19 January. What was AFC doing a whole day. Dey Nerbi said, 'Hotel staff was investigated every six days, not every 3 days. Don't know why this.
India had to retreat from the AFC Women's Asian Cup on Sunday as the team had to cancel the match against Chinese Taipei due to a dozen infection cases in the team. The AFC had cited Section 4.1 of the tournament rules, said that in the event of not being able to gather the entire team for a match, it would be believed that the name has been withdrawn from the tournament.
Daneerbi said that the AFC wanted to get the infected hotel staff out immediately and asked the players not to have any kind of contact. He said, 'Don't know why AFC did not take immediate action. Many hotel staff were infected but AFC waited one day. We are not happy with the way AFC tournament event. This broke our dream.
