Ebola rages and panic to the spread of the virus has not put aside the world of football, but quite the opposite. Within the Real Madrid there is serious concern about having to face the Club World Cup on the African continent. Morocco, the country hosting the competition, is not directly affected by the virus, but the relative proximity to countries 'exporters' of the virus has activated all alarms.
Emilio Butragueño, admitted in an interview with the daily As the matter concerned in the white club: "It's a topic that we will be watchful. There are still two months to play the tournament and hear what the experts say and authorities. What will respect raise us because medical authorities know exactly what they do. "
Real Madrid will not make a unilateral decision to plant the competition because its image would be on the floor and white club in Morocco has many fans, but the possibility does not keep the appointment has already been heard in the halls of Santiago Bernabéu. And is that recent events do not exactly invite optimism. It is recalled that Morocco, where the World Club Cup of Clubs, and raised to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to the African Nations Cup scheduled for next January for fear of the spread of the virus be postponed will be played. A lack of official response, said CAF study the proposal at the meeting of the Executive Committee to be held on November 2. Everyone knows that if the African football body decides to grant the request of Morocco and postpone the running of the African Nations Cup, mean a 'stab' at World Club mortal should be played a month earlier in the same country.
Alarms are activated due to the spread of a deadly virus as unknown as. Fear spreads as fast as the epidemic and several of the international commitments of the current FIFA dates have been altered because of the refusal of the clubs to release players for what they considered high risk encounters played in the continent African or the players own decision not to attend appointments to recognize that there was a risk of contracting the disease by its proximity to the most affected countries.