{"id":22983,"date":"2020-07-01T10:52:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T10:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22983"},"modified":"2020-07-01T10:52:59","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T10:52:59","slug":"covid-19-i-was-afraid-football-might-never-return-i-sought-other-options-awaziem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=22983","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: I was afraid football might never return, I sought other options \u2014Awaziem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Super Eagles defender, Chinedu Awaziem has revealed he looked for other options aside football during the COVID-19 lockdown across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Football and other sporting activities were halted across Europe and other parts of the world in March following a great rise in number of COVID-19 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spain, where Awaziem plied his trade, suspended football as the government enforced a total lockdown in move to fight the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Leganes player says he never believed that football was ever going to return as he had begun to seek other options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Spanish topflight resumed early last month, and had already seen clubs play around six games each, with the season gradually coming to an end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI feel very happy to be able to play football again after a very long stop,\u201d Awaziem told AOIFootball after the game resumed in Spain in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was very afraid that football was not going to return again; it was a very scary moment for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI even began to find a second option if football doesn\u2019t return but thank God it came back and we have the opportunity to play again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow I just pray and hope that the outbreak ends soon and does not come back to take the sport and claim lives again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awaziem\u2019s Leganes suffered a 3-0 defeat to third-placed Sevilla in the La Liga on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The COVID-19 pandemic is still ravaging the world despite most countries of the world lifting bans on movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of cases globally has surpassed 10 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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