He celebrated his son Mata’s first birthday from a hotel room. He had the festoons, the balloons sent, “I could also see it from the window, I’m happy already like this”, he says Maxime Mbandà. The flanker of the Zebras, who last year was named Knight of the Republic for his commitment on ambulances during the first, very hard lockdown, knew that he could not experience the party for Mata in person, given that the URC calendar provided for the November 29, the trip of the Zebras to South Africa. However, the situation could have been much more difficult, given that the Bianconeri managed to return to Italy between Sunday and Monday, together with the Scarlets, while the other two teams involved in the trip, Munster and Cardiff, count positively on the Omicron variant and still count some or all of the group in South Africa. “We are safe and sound in Italy and this is already a lot – says Mbandà -. The quarantine is hard but it is done, we try not to break down. The fact that we can train and prepare for the match against Biarritz gives us a goal, we haven’t played in a very long time. We have a dedicated route from the hotel to the camp, waiting to be able to go home. For the moment we must remain in quarantine until Thursday 9, but everything depends on the Ministry of Health ”.
Zebras – The 43 returned from South Africa therefore remain in quarantine at the Villa Ducale hotel in Parma, but on Thursday at 3 pm they trained at the Citadel of Rugby. Another molecular test is scheduled for Friday, as required by the protocol. Over the past few days the players inside the hotel have been trying to stay trained, some weights and other equipment have been brought and used by the individuals in the rooms. Other players trained up and down the stairs. The green light given by the Ausl has illuminated the horizon. Without this decision to allow training, in all likelihood the match against Biarritz would not have been played and the French would have been given the victory, 0-28. The players who did not fly to South Africa were too few, in recent weeks the group had also trained with the under 20 academy boys, but the idea of fielding them in the Challenge had not been taken into consideration for the moment. If the negativities are confirmed, the problem will not arise anyway, even if in fact the whole group – that is the “Italian” and South African bubbles together – will only be able to train together on Friday 10th.
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