LONDON, April 24 — One of the mayors for Liverpool has called for an investigation into why Liverpool’s Champions League clash against Atletico Madrid was allowed to go ahead in front of 52,000 supporters last month. Despite the game taking place after a plan was agreed to play La Liga matches...
Atletico Madrid’s Marcos Llorente celebrates scoring their second goal against Liverpool at Anfield with teammates March 11, 2020. — Reuters pic
Days later Spain was forced into a nationwide lockdown and mass gatherings, including all major sporting events, in Britain were cancelled. “That needs to be investigated to find out whether some of those infections are due directly to the Atletico fans. There were coronavirus hot cities, and Madrid was one of those.
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