The Australian coach was heavily fined for avoiding isolation
Sheet The Telegraph On March 22, it was reported that Australia coach Graham Arnold had violated New South Wales’ isolation regulations. He is in the process of self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19 on March 17, a day before the coach entered the team concentration area to prepare for the match against Japan.
On March 20, Mr. Arnold took a bath at Narrabean beach to soothe his allergies. Despite having a negative test result for the second time, the 58-year-old strategist was fined 25,000 Australian dollars (about 423 million VND) because this is a violation of the State’s Public Health Regulations.
“I sincerely apologize for violating state health regulations. I agree that I should not have left the house during self-isolation and will not repeat the offense until the end of this time, as well as pay the fine. full,” said coach Graham Arnold.
Coach Graham Arnold and assistant Rene Meulensteen (left)
Arnold needs to have a negative PCR test result before he can join the team on March 24, the same day of the match against Japan. Before the second leg against Vietnam on January 27, he was also infected and had to let his assistant Rene Meulensteen direct instead. The incident will greatly affect the preparation for the last two vital matches of the Australian team in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
In this important gathering, they lost star Tom Rogic to injury. Midfielder Aaron Mooy also had Covid-19 and was not summoned, midfielder Jackson Irvine was also positive shortly before boarding the flight to Australia, striker Craig Goodwin had to withdraw after being in close contact with the case.
Socceroos currently has 15 points, third after Japan (18 points) and Saudi Arabia (19 points). They must win all 6 points to secure a ticket to Qatar at the end of this year from 2 direct rivals.
Meanwhile, the Japanese team only had to meet Vietnam – the bottom team in the last match, while the Saudi Arabia team had a bigger victory when they met the Chinese team on March 24 before meeting coach Graham Arnold’s teachers and students.
Currently, the Japanese team is also present in Australia to prepare for the match at Accor Stadium. The Green Samurai also affirmed their high determination for this trip. Although missing some pillars such as Yuya Osako, Takehiro Tomiyasu (injury), Daizen Maeda (insecure health) and Ritsu Doan (not summoned) but they also welcome the return of captain Maya Yoshida.
Coach Park Hang-seo asked Hoang Duc and Tan Tai to keep a distance during the training session on the afternoon of March 21 (Photo: Thanh Dat)
Regarding the safety of epidemic prevention, perhaps coach Graham Arnold will want to learn from Vietnam coach Park Hang-seo. When the number of infections of the team increased recently, the Korean strategist did not hesitate to cancel the interview before the training sessions and apply “martial law”, not allowing the players to leave the hotel when without the consent of the coaching staff.
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