Alarms sound at Real Madrid for a positive case of coronavirus

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(CNN Spanish) - Real Madrid confirmed a case of coronavirus in one of the players in the first squad.

This is Mariano, the Spanish-Dominican striker, who tested positive after the tests carried out on the players on Monday, as confirmed by the merengue club's medical team on Tuesday. Mariano, adds the club statement, is at home complying with voluntary isolation.

“After the covid-19 tests carried out individually yesterday on our first soccer squad by the Real Madrid Medical Services, our player Mariano has given a positive result. The player is in perfect health and complying with the sanitary isolation protocol at home, "says the statement from Real Madrid.

Mariano was on the bench of substitutes in the last game of La Liga against Leganés, on July 19.

Real Madrid was crowned champion of the campaign's local tournament and on August 7 will play perhaps the most important game of the season to try to reverse the 2-1 against Manchester CIty, in the second leg match for the round of 16 Champions League final.

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UEFA has yet to react to this news.

"UEFA will continue to monitor the situation and reserves the right to reassign said matches to the venues of the final tournament of the corresponding competition if new events occur that would make it impossible to play one or more matches at the original venues," the organization said in a statement. July 9.

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