10/13/2020 11:35 AM
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 10/13/2020 12:07
The Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo tested positive for a coronavirus so he had to leave the concentration of the Portugal team, with which he was going to face Sweden this Wednesday.
The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) reported this Tuesday in a statement that the player was positive and clarified that "he is fine, without symptoms and in isolation."
The statement of the Federation of Portugal that reports the positive result of the swab of Cristiano Ronaldo.
After Ronaldo was positive, the rest of the players in the Portugal team underwent swabs and all the results were negative.
The Juventus forward is the third player on the Portuguese team to leave the camp for testing positive for COVID-19, after the cases of José Fonte and Anthony Lopes.
Ronaldo, 35, started last Sunday in the 0-0 draw against France in Paris for the Nations League.
From this news the alarms go off in Juventus as its main star would miss the team's debut in the Champions League next Tuesday against Dynamo in Kiev.
For now, CR7 may not be available for Saturday's match for the fourth round of Serie A against Crotone.
United within the field!
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United within the field!
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After Sunday's 0-0 draw against France, the Portuguese squad had returned to Lisbon to focus on Wednesday's game from 3:45 pm against Sweden at the José Alvalade stadium.
"United on and off the field," he wrote on his CR7 Instagram account on Monday along with a photo in which he heads the table that they share with all his teammates.
The team led by Fernando Manuel Costa Santos, who won the first edition of the UEFA Nations League last year, is the leader of Group 3 of League 1 with 7 units, the same number as France, but with a better difference. the Gol.
So far, they have beaten Croatia 4-1 in their home debut, then beat Sweden 2-1 on the road and come from a goalless draw against France.