La Liga: Atletico Madrid's game towards Athletic Club has been postponed
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| Athletic have been averted from visiting to the Spanish capital for Saturday's come upon because of a snow storm |
Atletico Madrid's La Liga game towards Athletic Club has been postponed.
Athletic have been averted from visiting to the Spanish capital for Saturday's come upon because of a snow storm, forcing officers to name the sport off.
"The game that we have been imagined to play nowadays towards Athletic Club on the Wanda Metropolitano (set for 16:15) has been postponed because of the snowfall in lots of the peninsula," stated a announcement from Atletico.
"The inclement climate avoided the excursion of the Basque crew from visiting to Madrid because of the brief closure of the Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport and, in addition, the journey of our group, referees and membership body of workers to the stadium changed into now no longer assured to be secure because of the bad situation of the roads withinside the Community of Madrid.
Our fixture 🆚 @Athletic_en has been postponed due to the winter snow in Spain.
— Atlético de Madrid (@atletienglish) January 9, 2021
"Faced with this situation, La Liga has asked this morning the postponement of the assembly to the Professional Competition Committee given the fantastic situations as a result of inclement climate and the latter has ratified the choice now no longer to play the sport these days as deliberate. The new date of the assembly can be introduced withinside the following few days."
A declaration from Athletic clarified that the aircraft wearing the squad turned into pressured to show returned to Bilbao after being not able to land in Madrid.
"The Rojiblancos’ flight took off one hour later than deliberate beneathneath the preliminary guarantee that it'd be capable of land in Madrid," the membership added.
"Whilst making the technique to land, after half-hour of ready and with out truth that touchdown might be possible, the captain endorsed returning to Bilbao, in which the aircraft landed appropriately at 22:00 CET."
The game on the Wanda Metropolitano might not be the simplest one hit through the acute climate situations in Spain.
It has been said that the conflict among Osasuna and Real Madrid may also be in danger. Madrid landed in Pamplona on Friday night time after their flight become issue to prolonged delays.
Snow is predicted in Pamplona however in accordance to Marca, Osasuna have employed more team of workers to clean the pitch if necessary.