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Lenglet woman positive for coronavirus

Lenglet talks to Xavi and Óscar Hernández in a training session
ALEJANDRO GARCÍA / EFE

Clement Lenglet has tested positive for coronavirus, the diary Now. The French defender was enjoying the holiday he had granted Xavi, the Barça coach, after the draw against Sevilla al Sánchez Pizjuán (1-1). The player was quoted, like the rest of the squad, this Tuesday afternoon at the restart of training thinking about the return to the League next Sunday in the field of Mallorca. Lenglet will have to stay confined pending further medical tests to check his fitness after testing positive.

Now, Xavi will be without Lenglet, the first player to come out positive in this sixth wave of the pandemic. In the previous ones, Umtiti, in mid-August 2020, also tested positive. Sergi Roberto also gave positive. It happened just a year ago, in December 2020. The role of Lenglet in Barça had increased in number after almost not counting for Xavi in ​​his debut on the bench. He only played 85 minutes in the first three games. And they were against him Benfica because he didn’t even step on the grass in front of theSpanish nor in front of the Real Village. He has then chained three titles in the last five games.

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