Alert at Real Madrid for a coronavirus outbreak: six footballers were infected

Carlo Ancelotti continues to add casualties and will not have his assistant Davide available either (Photo: REUTERS)

The coronavirus pandemic is hitting world football again with a series of new cases of massive infections. After several months of matches to packed stadiums without restrictions, New Covid-19 outbreaks mainly hit various Premier League entities Y now Spain already has its first affected: Real Madrid.

Through an official statement, the White House confirmed a series of positives on Thursday afternoon. “Real Madrid CF reports that our players Asensio, Bale, Lunin and Rodrygo, and our first technical assistant Davide Ancelotti have tested positive for COVID-19”, the club notified on its official social networks.

These five cases are added to the first two warning lights: Luka Modric Y Marcelo they were infected a few days before the spread of the virus within the first team. It should be noted that all the soccer players on the professional team They have the complete vaccination template in order to avoid a health complication, according to the newspaper AS. At the same time, because they have the corresponding vaccine, they will be able to rejoin the staff once the PCR is negative without the need for extra isolation.

Luka Modric and Marcelo were the first two to get infected (Photo: REUTERS)
Luka Modric and Marcelo were the first two to get infected (Photo: REUTERS)

The Merengue he took extreme care and tightened the protocols in the Valdebebas sports city to prevent the outbreak from ending up forcing a La Liga date to be suspended or having to play with a decimated squad. The truth is that the protocol agreed by the federation indicates that if there are 13 players available between the first team and the subsidiary, the match must be played without any type of claims involved. There must be a minimum of five professionals corresponding to the first team on the field of play for the match to develop smoothly.

In addition, it is worth remembering that both Dani Ceballos and Dani Carvajal are casualties due to different muscle injuries that they have been dragging for several weeks. The truth is that this Sunday, November 19, Real Madrid will receive the Cádiz at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium and Carlo Ancelotti continues to add headaches to make the lineup that will go out to defend the leadership in the local tournament.

The eight-point advantage over Sevilla in La Liga and the commitment to the Champions League against Paris Saint Germain for the knockout stages of the Champions League scheduled for mid-February are the great goals ahead for the team. The squad has been training in the afternoon with the obligation to go each in their personal vehicle in the morning to perform the corresponding PCR and thus confirm that those present in the practice are healthy and without risk of spreading the outbreak.

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