Tottenham’s Europa Conference League home clash against Rennes won’t be played, Uefa has announced.
Spurs confirmed late on a weekday that the game, which might be their closing match in cluster G, wouldn’t happen ensuing day following a variety of positive coronavirus cases at the club, with Rennes then accusative them of creating a “unilateral decision”. A subsequent statement from Uefa on Saturday said attempts to schedule the fixture had been unsuccessful. It’ll not happen at all, with the matter being spoken its control, ethics and disciplinary body for a call to be taken.
Uefa’s statement read: “Following Annex J of the Europa Conference League regulations, Uefa, in cooperation with the two clubs, tried to seek out a viable solution to schedule the match, so on make sure the cluster stage might be completed accordingly. Unfortunately, an answer that would work for each club couldn’t be found despite all efforts.
“As a consequence, the match will not compete, and therefore the matter will, therefore, be cited the Uefa Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body for a choice to be taken under Annex J of the competition named above regulations.”
Tottenham is third in cluster G with seven points, three behind second-placed Vitesse, whereas Rennes, already qualified for the following round, prime the group with 11. Spurs hold the advantage in their head-to-head record with Vitesse.
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It’s understood Uefa hopes to conclude the matter as presently as doable which the panel can prefer whether or not Tottenham had enough players and who may have rescheduled when.
Rennes’ statement on Wednesday aforementioned that during a video conference with them and Uefa, Tottenham “did not wish to announce the number of players full of Covid once the rule states that a match should contend as long because the team has thirteen outfielders and a keeper”. They suspect Tottenham of causing “London fog”.
Earlier within the day, Antonio Conte discovered eight players, and five employees had tested positive for Covid-19. Tottenham’s Premier League game at Brighton on Sunday has additionally been delayed because of the coronavirus irruption at the club.
