JAKARTA – The match between Persipura Jayapura and Madura United has been canceled. The reason was the Black Pearl team did not appear on the field until the start of the game.
The Persipura and Madura duel was scheduled to be held at the I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Bali, on Monday, February 21. However, Persipura was not present, except for Madura United and the match officials.
According to LIB's statement on their official website, Persipura had previously written a letter numbered 004/Persipura/II/2022 which contained a request to postpone the match.
The letter dated February 20, 2022, explained that they could not compete on the grounds that nine of their personnel were positive for COVID-19 based on the results of the PCR test on Sunday, February 20. The details are 3 officials and 6 players.
"So we coordinated with LIB to conduct a comparative test on Monday, February 21, 2022, if the results of the comparison test still have several players with a positive COVID-19 status, then the Persipura Jayapura team CANNOT COMPETE because (1) the number of players will be very many who are unable to participate. to be played (2) eliminates the principle of fairness," reads part of the letter.
The LIB and the Liga 1 COVID-19 Task Force then retested on Monday, February 21. The results of the test showed that as many as 21 players and 7 officials were negative, while those who were positive were 6 players and three officials.
For this reason, LIB also sent a letter numbered 100/LIB-KOM/II/2022 to Persipura management. In the letter, the organizer explained that there were more than 14 negative players so that they did not meet the elements of Article 52 paragraph 7 of Liga 1 Regulations 2021/2022, so there was no need for an emergency meeting.
"There are no extraordinary events related to covid. This is the case like the 1973 Persikabo versus Bali United match, a few weeks ago. The match continues," explained LIB Operations Director Sudjarno.
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