The Croatian defender, Diane Lovrin, Premier
League player Liverpool, said that maintaining
focus on the title race during the period of
preventive isolation due to the outbreak of
the Coruna virus was a mental battle despite
individual efforts to maintain fitness.
“It was not easy given that we have been inside our
homes for 46 days at present,” Croatia’s leading
sports newspaper, Novitsi Novosti, in its electronic
version, Saturday, quoted a Croatian international
defender as saying.
“The psychological aspect is the hardest thing.
I try to rely on myself as much as possible and kick
the ball a little bit with my son on the lawn in our
house, but training with the team is a completely
different matter,” Lovrain added.
The Premier League, which stopped on the ninth of
March, is still pending and unable to take any step
before a government decision, next week, on the
possibility of changing the preventive restrictions
imposed.
And all the teams of the twentieth championship
held a conference, to discuss plans to
return to training later this May with the possibility
of returning official matches after that in June.
During the conference, the championship teams
learned that, if the matches are back, they will only
be allowed to play in neutral stadiums that have
been approved based on health and safety
regulations.
In all deserves, Liverpool, tops the standings with
82 points from 29 games, 25 points behind
the nearest champions, Manchester City, who
played 28 games, and is on the cusp of crowning
the title for the first time since 1990.
Lovren, 30, born in Bosnia, stressed that it was
difficult to maintain morale and enthusiasm in
light of the daily routine with the continuation of
these exceptional circumstances.
“I try to keep my spirits and my enthusiasm going
as long as possible,” he said. “I get up in the
morning and tell myself that I will exhaust myself
in exercise today and at least have succeeded in
reducing my weight somewhat.”
“But there is no substitute for the 90-minute
training with each team,” he added.
“I hope that Alexander Chevron (UEFA president
UEFA) and the rest of UEFA and FIFA officials
(FIFA) will reach a suitable solution so that we do
not have to play 15 games within 30 days,
” he added.
