One day before the Champions League duel against Atletico Madrid, Serge Gnabry tested positive for the corona virus. Therefore all players were checked again. Now the Uefa has expressed itself.
Before the important Champions League game against Atletico Madrid, Bayern coach Hansi Flick has to fear for his team. Serge Gnabry tested positive for the corona virus on Tuesday, the club announced. The Bayern players were therefore tested again on Wednesday morning. The result of the test is not yet known – but Uefa has since commented.
“The game is going as planned,” a spokesman for the European Football Union (UEFA) told the German press agency a few hours before kick-off on request. No further details were given. In order to take part in the game, the players’ results had to be received by UEFA by 3 p.m.
Gnabry in quarantine
According to Uefa guidelines, at least twelve field players and one goalkeeper must have tested negative for a Champions League game to take place.
Serge Gnabry is the first Bayern player to be known to have been infected with the coronavirus. He is currently in quarantine at home. Kingsley Coman also had to go into domestic isolation in mid-September because he had contact with a person infected with the coronavirus.
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