Spain’s “nightmare”: Corona case before the start of the European Championship

Instead of the senior national team, the U21s will play against Lithuania. And even defending champion Portugal, group opponents of the German national soccer team, is feeling the consequences of the positive findings. The sports newspaper As even reported an alleged quarantine. Neither UEFA nor the Portuguese association confirmed this on Monday. The continental association referred to the Spaniards' announcement about Busquets late on Sunday evening, the exceptions that allow players to be re-named and one of the hygiene protocols. The Portuguese association pointed out that the players around superstar Cristiano Ronaldo would return on Monday after a day off. Last Friday, Spain and Portugal played a friendly match in Madrid. Busquets, who led the team as captain in place of the unnominated Spanish record player Sergio Ramos, had played a good hour in the 0-0 draw. The Portuguese gathered again in the Cidade de Futebol in Oeiras, west of Lisbon, to train in the late afternoon and prepare for the last friendly match before the start of the European Championship this Wednesday against Israel. In the north-west of Madrid, on the other hand, it was time for the next PCR test. According to the association, the training was initially carried out in a personalized manner; there were no details about the exact procedure. Busquets' closest contacts were isolated, like the FC Barcelona professional himself. Loud Sports world The 32-year-old midfielder was back home on Monday. According to the report, he is not showing any symptoms. He will be missing against Sweden on Monday in Seville, and a appearance on Saturday next week in Andalusia against Poland seems practically impossible. That leaves the last group game against Slovakia on June 23rd. The new captain should now be Jordi Alba. “Spanish nightmare,” wrote the Swedish newspaper immediately on Monday Aftonbladet . According to captain Janne Andersson, the Corona case with his opening opponent does not change the Scandinavians' preparation, as he assured according to “Fotbollskanalen”. Puzzles about Portugal To what extent the Portuguese will be affected in their preparation after the encounters with Busquets on the pitch on Friday evening, in addition to the worries about possible positive results themselves, initially remained somewhat unclear. Any information regarding medical questions would be provided via official channels, a spokesman for the German Press Agency said on Monday when asked. In any case, this European Championship finals, which was postponed by a year due to the corona pandemic in 2020, will also take place in its own bubble with strict safety and hygiene concepts. If there are one or more positive Corona results, the game can be played as long as a team can field 13 players, including a goalkeeper, who are negative. Players can also be called up, but others must be removed from the original squad.

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Spain’s “nightmare”: Corona case before the start of the European Championship

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