Football: Valencia took swift action on coronavirus, then took a lot of heat

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LONDON - Anil Murthy had already been facing a barrage of criticism. But as a former diplomat for Singapore, Murthy, the president of Valencia, a top football team in Spain, was ready for most of the barbs directed his way for imposing restrictions on access to the club's players.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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LONDON - Anil Murthy had already been facing a barrage of criticism. But as a former diplomat for Singapore, Murthy, the president of Valencia, a top football team in Spain, was ready for most of the barbs directed his way for imposing restrictions on access to the club's players.

He imposed strict measures: The club's first team was to be isolated. There was to be no contact with fans. All interviews, even those deemed mandatory as a part of Spanish football's broadcast contract, would be banned. Employees who did not have a reason to be at the stadium were barred from attending. The prohibition extended to family members, too. Even die-hards like Aditya.

"I can't go into hiding," Murthy said in a phone interview."To me, having 30,000, 40,000 in the stadium when the infection is on the rise is a ticking bomb, you know. But there's only so much a club can do." "He was telling me, 'You better take whatever action is possible right now because it's coming your way,'" Murthy recalled Lim saying in one phone call.

Some medical experts place the game at the heart of Europe's first major Covid-19 outbreak, in Italy's Lombardy region.

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