Panaji: Bio-Bubbles at the Indian Super League (ISL) are no longer safe.
Eight of the 11 clubs had been forced to stay in the room after finding positive Covid-19 cases in their camp.
Atk Mohun Bagan, FC Goa and SC East Bengal alone contributed 37 cases, said source.
Total positive cases and isolation for those who share close rooms or contact must be around 60.
Four games have been postponed, including three in the last three days, and it is not surprising that players are now losing hunger to succeed.
“Players lose interest and the desire to continue to compete,” said Captain Goa Edu Bedia in posts on social media, shared by many players.
“They continue to play to collect their contracts without ambition.
This is what has been achieved by the rules of this year.
Do you like it or not, everyone in bio bubble just wants to line up and the league to end, whatever the results.” The Spanish midfielder did not alone.
“It’s not easy, especially when you are closed in your room,” Kerala Blasters Enes Sipovic said.
“You think it’s just how not to test positive (for Covid-19), especially when my wife, children and, in my case, I have to take care of my wife because we expect a baby.” Wives and girlfriends are among those who have been tested positively.
The two-year-old daughter of a foreign player also among positive cases, triggered worries throughout the hotel where the team based.
“No one can understand how difficult it is in bubbles without being inside,” said Striker Polish Chennaiyin Lukasz Gikiewicz.
“We don’t feel normal life …
we have to unite it to finish the season to the end.” In the meeting on Sunday, several clubs pushed into the league to rest and regroup after the increase in the case had been arrested.
However, organizers, remain non-committees, notify the CEO of The Gathering they will return with new SOPs that will allow them to practice, rather than locked in their room.
Until Sunday when the meeting took place, seven clubs – ATK Mohun Bagan, Kerala Bengter, East Bengal, East, Jamshedpur, Odisha and Bengaluru – were banned from training.
Goa is also locked but is allowed to step out only for training.