(Reuters) – Perth Glory coach Richard Garcia expects his workforce’s spell in Queensland quarantine may have a unfavorable affect on the remainder of their season after the A-League membership’s whole squad had been ordered into isolation following a single constructive COVID-19 take a look at.
Garcia and his squad had been ordered to spend 14 days in quarantine quickly after their arrival in Brisbane on Thursday when a participant returned a constructive PCR outcome.
Perth won’t play once more within the A-League this yr, with matches in opposition to Brisbane Roar and Adelaide United postponed.
Players will solely have the ability to prepare of their rooms throughout isolation and Garcia stated fitness ranges will endure.
“It’s like asking a boxer to do a marathon, it is utterly totally different fitness,” Garcia informed the Sydney Morning Herald.
“It’s not going to be straightforward popping out of this and once more the backlog like we did final yr, we thought that was behind us. We thought there can be a neater resolution.”
After opening the season at residence, Perth have needed to play their final three league matches on the highway on account of stringent COVID-19 restrictions in Western Australia, selecting up 4 factors from their 4 video games to this point.
“There are going to be guys who’re totally targeted in right here and there can be guys which might be going by points and probably not involved about their our bodies as a result of truth it has been a protracted highway journey,” Garcia stated.
“Now that is in all probability the straw that broke the camel’s again. I believe it is one thing that can take time to recuperate from.”
(Reporting by Michael Church, Editing by Editing by Peter Rutherford)
