Real Madrid announced yesterday that the player Mariano Díaz has tested positive after the tests of the covid-19 carried out yesterday individually on the staff. “Our player Mariano has given a positive result. The player is in perfect health and complying with the health isolation protocol at home, “the entity said in a statement. The club confirmed the striker’s positive at the end of yesterday’s training session, with which the squad returned to work after a week off to begin preparations for the league match against Manchester City. Champions of Friday with eight (August 7). In this match, there will be no Kun Agüero, whom Guardiola ruled out yesterday.
The players were summoned at 11.00 in the Sports City of Valdebebas, where they trained under the orders of Zinedine Zidane. With work aside for the goalkeepers, the squad then focused on series with possession ball, circulation and pressure divided into two groups, before completing the session with several games in a small field, the club reported. The team will train again today with a visit to the Etihad Stadium as their main goal, where they have to overcome the 1-2 draw at the Santiago Bernabéu on February 26 and where the Argentine striker from City will not be there. Sergio Kun Agüero, ruled out yesterday definitively by his coach, Pep Guardiola. Agüero has not recovered in time from the operation he had to undergo on his left knee at the end of June and will not be there in the match on Friday, August 7, back in the round of 16 of the League of Champions. The final phase will be played from 12 to 23 August in Portugal.
Meanwhile, Mariano Diaz, isolated in his home, said he was “perfectly” waiting “to return to normal soon” in a video posted on social media. “I am very grateful for your messages of support. I am perfectly, thank God my family and my environment are great too. Now I am confined at home and I hope to return to normal soon and be able to be with my teammates and the team. Greetings to everyone “, was the message that the player spread after confirming the case.
Mariano last played for Real Madrid on July 2 in the league match in which his team won at the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium in Valdebebas in Getafe (1-0) when he replaced the Frenchman Karim Benzema in the 92nd minute.
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