WELSH side Connah’s Quay Nomads let unwell players line up in their Europa League qualifier despite a Covid-19 outbreak at club.
Boss Andy Morrison admitted they “turned a blind eye” to THREE players who said they felt ill before the 1-0 loss to Georgian side Dinamo Tblisi.
Connah’s Quay Nomads manager Andy Morrison
That is despite FOUR stars already missing the game after positive coronavirus tests, with one more in quarantine.
Former Man City defender Morrison admitted: “Three lads have turned up tonight and they’re not well.
“And it’s like ‘lads I don’t want to hear it. I can’t hear it tonight that you’re ill, please like you know. Let’s just get through it’.
“I’ve been told that before the game and we’ve had to turn a blind eye to it and then you would have never noticed that anyone there tonight wasn’t feeling great.”
Tbilisi progressed through to the third qualifying round thanks to a 97th minute penalty.
And it’s like ‘lads I don’t want to hear it. I can’t hear it tonight that you’re ill’
Andy Morrison
The match went ahead despite four Nomads players testing positive for Covid-19 beforehand, according to BBC Sport.
The quartet and a fifth player, who has yet to test positive, were forced to self-isolate.
Elsewhere in Europe Tottenham progressed after beating Bulgarian minnows Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
Jose Mourinho’s men needed two late goals to scrape past the second qualifying round.
Spurs were in fact trailing 1-0 with 10 minutes to go, before a Harry Kane penalty and Tanguy Ndombele’s winner four minutes from time put them through.
They dominated possession against but lacked creativity as they failed to make a breakthrough against 11 men.
But Kane smashed home a spot kick to make it 1-1 in the 80th minute.
And Spurs won it when Ndombele fired home a cross from fellow sub Lucas Moura in the 86th minute.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
