Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo has tried Covid-19, the Portuguese Football Federation announced tuesday.
“The Portuguese foreigner is good, asymptomatic and isolated,” he reads.
“Following the case, the remaining players conducted additional testing on Tuesday morning, all with negative results. “
The 35-year-old tested positive while on duty with the national team after betting six days ago against Spain and Sunday against France.
The Juventus striker will now have to spend about 40 days in Portugal, without Tuesday night’s adjustment against Sweden at Lisbon’s José Alvalade Stadium.
The rest of his teammates responded negatively and continued their preparations for the UEFA Nations League match.
The news is a surprise for Portugal, as Cristiano Ronaldo is the third player to test positive for COVID-19.
Over the past 4 days, Portugal has announced that SOSC Lille’s defense, José Fonte, and Olympique Lyonnais goalkeeper Anthony Lopes have proven positive.
According to the Portuguese newspaper Record, the staff of the national team now fear an imaginable outbreak in the team, following a photo published on Cristiano Ronaldo’s Twitter account where he sits with the rest of the team after a meal.
Obviously, this is also bad news for Andrea Pirlo, the juventus head coach who hopes to count on Cristiano Ronaldo to recover in Serie A, Italy’s most sensible league, after a poor start in the league, with 4 out of six issues.
Cristiano Ronaldo will have to skip at least the next two with the bianconeri.
The first will take place on 17 October against Crotone in Serie A, while the time will be the team’s start in the Champions League against Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv on 20 October.
Additionally, Ronaldo may miss two more matches as well, adding in the great Champions League game against Barcelona and their arch nemesis Lionel Messi scheduled for October 28, according to Italian Il Corriere della Sera.
However, the report explains that the recent replacement that Series A has followed in its medical protocol opposed to COVID-19 assistance avoids this dreaded scenario.
On Monday, Italy’s Technical-Scientific Committee said that the era of quarantine required after positive control would be reduced from fourteen to ten days and that only negative control was needed in order to play again.
If Ronaldo was positive after his quarantine, his time outside the area may be longer.
Juventus number seven has already scored 3 goals in two league matches this season and remains a member of the team at Allianz Stadium.
The news that Cristiano Ronaldo tested positive received strong complaints on social media after the Portuguese superstar was allegedly the first player to break the voluntary self-isolation that Juventus imposed on players last week after two staff members tested positive.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Ronaldo refused to stay at the team’s hotel near Juventus’ educational base and headed to Portugal after being called up by coach Fernando Santos.
The 35-year-old to denounce the club’s leaders, raising the voice of the Juve leaders in the presence of other players, revealed the report.
After two negative tests, Ronaldo refused to wait for a third party to be allowed out of fiduciary isolation, in accordance with the medical protocol issued through figC, the Italian federation.
Meanwhile, Serie A continues to shake through COVID-19 while the league still awaits the verdict on Juventus – SSC Napoli.
The match deserved to have been played on The Fourth of October, but SSC Napoli did not show up because their local fitness authority begged them not to go to Turin due to suspected COVID-19 cases.
With contrasting orders from Serie A and local fitness authorities, sports that judge Gerardo Mastandrea have not yet made a final decision, reports Los Angeles Repubblica.
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