"Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone is in the grip of" Corona "
Atletico Madrid, a rival in the Spanish League, announced that its Argentine coach, Diego Simeone, has been infected with the new Corona virus "COVID-19".
The Spanish club said in an official statement: "The first team and the technical staff have undergone tests to detect the Corona virus, after their return from a training camp in the suburbs of Madrid, which showed a positive case."
The statement added: “Laboratory tests have proven that the coach of the team, Diego Simeone, has the Coronavirus (Covid-19). ".
Based on the quarantine, Simeone will not be able to oversee the training of his team before his first official match in the start of the Spanish League, which brings Atletico Madrid on September 27 with the Granada team.
It is reported, five players from Atletico Madrid have already been infected with the Corona virus in recent months, and they are Brazilian Renan Lodi, Argentine Angel Correa, Croatian Simi Versalico, Spanish Diego Costa and Santiago Arias, before the Argentine coach Simeone finally joined them.
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