Ronaldo & Messi to play in Belarus? Star says Europe’s solely working soccer league could entice elite

Regardless of soccer going through a worldwide Covid-19 ban, Belarus is the one soccer league nonetheless working, and star Aleksandr Hleb predicts Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will quickly arrive in Japanese Europe for his or her soccer repair.

The Belarus Premier League stays the one soccer division at present nonetheless working on the continent and, following the postponement of Australia’s A-League high tier on Tuesday, is likely one of the few on the planet to not alter their schedule. 

That has lead followers the world over going chilly turkey with out their soccer repair trying to Japanese Europe.

“Now the entire world is watching the Belarusian league. All people ought to go to their tv and see us,” Hleb advised The Solar.

Belarusian Premier League shouldn’t be closed resulting from coronavirus.
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— Russian Non-League Soccer (@RUSNLF) March 19, 2020

Hleb is greatest identified for his tenure as a silky-dribbling midfielder at first Premier League aspect Arsenal and Spanish giants Barcelona, however solely concluded his enjoying profession with Belarusian Premier League aspect FC Isloch Minsk Raion final 12 months. 

The 38-year-old says “nobody cares about coronavirus” in his homeland: “Due to Coronavirus they’ve canceled the Champions League and Europa League. It’s good, as a result of they should attempt to cease the unfold of the illness. However in Belarus nobody cares about coronavirus. It’s unbelievable.”

The league performed a full calendar of fixtures final weekend and are scheduled to do the identical once more from Friday to Sunday, regardless of sport largely being postponed the world over to fight the unfold of coronavirus.

Regardless of criticizing the Belrusian angle to the illness, Hleb, who was runner-up within the 2006 Champions League with Arsenal earlier than turning into was a part of Barca’s 2009 treble-winning Barcelona aspect, joked there might be an upside to the nation’s lax motion in attracting the world’s high gamers from international locations which have shut-down soccer altogether.

“When the NHL closed the season, a whole lot of ice hockey gamers went to Russia to play. Possibly Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo would possibly come to the Belarus league to proceed. ?” Hleb mentioned.

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— Russian Non-League Soccer (@RUSNLF) March 24, 2020

Italy and Spain have the second and fourth-most reported circumstances of coronavirus which has accounted for a revered 6,077 and a pair of,696 deaths, the very best and third-highest toll on the planet.

The preliminary levels of the pandemic in each international locations pressured the closure of Serie A and La Liga, that means each Ronaldo and Messi shall be out of motion for the foreseeable future.

On a extra severe notice, Hleb mentioned that his nation should quickly undertake a stricter angle in the direction of stemming the outbreak.

“Possibly in per week or two our league will cease. It’s not dominated out that our president will simply observe the event of the scenario. Everybody right here is aware of what occurred in Italy and Spain. It’s actually unhealthy. However folks from the president’s administration consider it’s not that unhealthy, that’s what they are saying within the information,” he mentioned.

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