Real Madrid (ESP) reported on Thursday (16) that four more players on the team tested positive for Covid-19, including the Brazilian Rodrygo. In total, six athletes and an assistant coach will be in isolation after contracting the disease.
On Tuesday (15), the Spanish club had already announced that Brazilian Marcelo and Croatian Modric had been infected by the new coronavirus. Now, they are joined by: Rodrygo, Asensio, Bale and Lunin, as well as Davide Ancelotti, who is the son and assistant of coach Carlo Ancelotti.
According to the newspaper Marca, the outbreak in the Madrid squad made the club’s board of directors toughen measures to prevent Covid-19, such as prohibiting visits to the CT in Valdebebas. Real, by the way, was one of the most cautious clubs in this phase of flexibilization, keeping virtual until press conferences.
On Wednesday, the atmosphere was already apprehensive in the Spanish team’s facilities since the disclosure of the exams carried out by Marcelo and Modric, according to the As newspaper.
The training that was scheduled for this Thursday morning, for example, was postponed to the afternoon period so that new tests could be done on the athletes. After these tests, four more players had to go into isolation.
With the temporary departure of the athletes, Real Madrid will have these six absences in at least two matches for the Spanish Championship, against Cádiz, on Sunday (19), and against Bilbao, on Wednesday.
The Madrid team leads the competition, with 42 points, eight more than Sevilla, the second-placed team, who have a game in hand.
Europe is currently experiencing a new wave of Covid-19 cases, which is also reaching the world of football, mainly with cases in Germany and England.
In the Premier League, the duel between Manchester United and Brentford, which would take place on Tuesday (14), had to be postponed due to an outbreak of Covid-19 at the Manchester club.
Players and members of the technical committee were infected with the virus (the club did not say how many or who), which forced the postponement of the match, valid for the 17th round of the league.
In addition to the clash between Manchester United and Brentford, the duel between Brighton and Tottenham, which should have been played last Sunday (12), also had to be postponed due to cases of Covid-19 in the two teams.
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