The Post: Postponing matches due to injuries due to the epidemic has been questioned The Premier League said it would not change the relevant rules

According to the Daily Mail, despite widespread opposition from coaches and professionals across teams, the Premier League said it would not change the rules previously set for postponing matches due to the covid-19 pandemic during the Christmas season.

Among those who question why the "injury situation" was taken into account when postponing the game, Southampton boss Hasenhüttel is the latest one. His side will host Newcastle at home this Sunday, but their opponents are likely to ask for an extension over the next 24 hours. The Magpies had previously asked for an extension to the 20th round of the league, which was scheduled for Thursday night's away challenge ever, with official Premier League approval – the 16th postponed Premier League match this month, but Hasenhuttel believes Newcastle is well positioned to play the game.

Hasenhüttel said: "Injuries have nothing to do with covid-19. They have seven or eight players on the bench and, although two injuries have now been added, they should still be able to send 13 players, plus one goalkeeper. This is official information from the Premier League. ”

Although the situation in Newcastle is considered by some to be a trivial matter, the Premier League has officially accepted the reason that they cannot come up with 13 first-team experienced players, such as The 19-year-old midfielder Joe White on Newcastle's bench against Manchester United on Monday, who has never played a senior team game and is not counted as an "available player".

Former international and Sky Sports commentator Gary Neville also believes that clubs should let youth players play when forced to do so. He wrote on his personal tweet: "Especially the Premier League and the British Championship Cup, under normal circumstances, should not postpone the game anymore. Every club, counting the youth team, has at least 40-50 players. For example, in the League Cup or the British Championship, they generally do not send the main players. Now, except in extreme cases, it's time for clubs to continue to do this and trust the young players! ”

West Ham boss Moyes complained that it was almost impossible for his side to postpone a game because the Hammers had a lot of youth players with first-team experience. As a result, he considered it "unfair" and questioned the motivations of some clubs to ask for an extension. He said: "He said I hope no one has had the game postponed because of injuries because if that can be done, we have more games to postpone. ”

The Premier League responded that they would still implement the principle of "13 players plus 1 goalkeeper" in Article 17 of the appendix, and that clubs had made their position clear after agreeing to a non-stop league at last Monday's meeting. Last week, the number of Players and Staff in the Premier League reached a record high of 103 cases of COVID-19 testing positives. As a countermeasure, the Premier League introduced a real-time tracking system. Clubs must provide information on all COVID-19 cases, isolation, injuries and available players.

With a shortage of testing equipment across the UK, clubs will not be exposed to this risk for the time being. The Premier League has paid For individual testing to Prenetics, tracking the flow every day, doing PCR tests twice a week, and test tents have been set up in training grounds and parking lots at most clubs.

(Felix Cat)