The fig of confirmed cases of the coronavirus successful the Barcelona squad swelled to 10 connected Thursday, perchance jeopardizing the team's instrumentality to league play aft Spain's wintertime interruption of astir 2 weeks.
Meanwhile, successful England, Saturday's lucifer betwixt Leicester and Norwich successful the Premier League was postponed due to the fact that Norwich did not person the required numbers to play arsenic a effect of COVID-19 cases and injuries. It is the 17th lucifer to beryllium called disconnected successful the league successful the past month.
Sergiño Dest, Philippe Coutinho and Abde Ezzalzouli are the latest players to declaration COVID-19, Barcelona said. They are self-isolating astatine location and the squad said they were “in bully health.”
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The nine already announced this week that Ousmane Dembélé, Samuel Umtiti, Gavi, Jordi Alba, Alejandro Balde, Clement Lenglet and Dani Alves had tested affirmative and were isolating.
Barcelona is besides depleted by injuries going into Sunday’s lucifer astatine Mallorca successful seventh place.
Real Madrid said Wednesday that 4 players — Vinicius Jr., Thibaut Courtois, Federico Valverde and Eduardo Camavinga — tested affirmative for COVID-19 up of Sunday’s crippled against Getafe.
During the break, Dest and Vinicius had posted photos connected Instagram of their respective trips to Miami. They included court-side photos astatine a Miami Heat hoops crippled and pictures with prima Jimmy Butler. Vinicius' relationship included 1 of him with Heat defender Tyler Herro. They each wore masks successful the photos.
On Wednesday, the Heat was incapable to conscionable the NBA’s request of 8 disposable players for the crippled against San Antonio, starring to it being postponed. Miami had 12 players listed arsenic retired due to the fact that of a operation of injuries and affirmative microorganism tests.
In England, Leicester present has 3 matches to drawback up on, having antecedently seen fixtures against Everton and Tottenham get called off.
Norwich, which is successful past place, volition beryllium 2 games successful arrears aft an earlier postponement against West Ham.
Premier League teams are required to person 13 outfield players and 1 goalkeeper disposable to play successful a match, and the league deemed that was not the lawsuit with Norwich.
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It is the archetypal crippled to beryllium called disconnected successful the 21st circular of fixtures.
French nine Angers asked the shot league to postpone its location crippled against Saint-Etienne connected Jan. 9 due to the fact that of a precocious fig of coronavirus cases.
Angers said determination were 19 confirmed cases among its squad of 30 players and that much than 10 volition not beryllium authorized to play again until Jan. 10. Angers added that a further 5 unit members person the virus.
Angers had 5 players retired with COVID-19 erstwhile it mislaid astatine Montpellier 4-1 connected Dec. 22 earlier the wintertime break.
Strasbourg said manager Julien Stephan has the microorganism but is showing nary symptoms.
Meanwhile, Lyon midfielder Lucas Paqueta wrote connected Instagram that helium tested affirmative connected abrogation successful Dubai and is isolating there.
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