The red alert due to the risk of torrential rains issued by the Emergency Coordination Center of the Generalitat has caused that after the City Council has requested its postponement, given the forecasts for the next few hours. The game will be played on Tuesday, at 8:00 p.m. In the early afternoon, while the final resolution of the competition judge was expected, the players had already been summoned to train, if the rain did not prevent it, in the Sports City of Valencia CF in Paterna.
The city has woken up this Monday after having suffered moderate rains and rainfall during the night, which, yes, have reached 30 liters per square meter in the tower or 21 liter district in the Mestalla area.
The Valencia CF match against Real Oviedo
Before the meteorological red alert, the club recommends extreme precautions and follow the indications of the authorities.
— Valencia CF (@valenciacf)
Eleven months after the tragic Dana that had dramatic consequences in several municipalities of the province of Valencia, as already happened last year, when this decision was made for the impact of this disaster that charged 227 human lives. The Mestalla team meetings against Real Madrid and Espanyol had to be played after this reason.
Civil Protection sent a message this Sunday to mobile phones in which it requested, among other recommendations, that displacements were avoided due to “risk of flooding in the coast of Valencia due to heavy rains”. The Valencia City Council has suspended any school activity in the city since early in the city, has ordered the closure of parks and gardens, and has banned sports.
