Raphael Varane
, Real Madrid center-back, has tested positive for covid-19 in the last test carried out on Zinedine Zidane's squad before the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Liverpool.
"Real Madrid CF communicates that our player Raphaël Varane has given a positive result in the COVID-19 test that was carried out this morning," the white club said in a statement.
Therefore, the French international center-back will not be able to participate in the momentous match against the German team
Jurgen Klopp
that will be played from 9:00 p.m. at the Alfredo di Stéfano stadium.
His loss joins in the center of the rear to that of captain
Sergio Ramos
, which further complicates the initial formation that Zidane decides to stop a forward of the caliber of Liverpool.
He is left with two pure centrals, the Brazilian
Militao
and
Nacho Fernández
.
The positive Varane, who is already isolated, is a great setback in a key week, with the two games against Liverpool and Saturday's classic against Barcelona.
The Frenchman is one of Zidane's fixtures, who had barely missed games this season.
In the last one against Eibar, after the break for the national teams, he did not play.
Right-winger
Dani Carvajal
and Belgian
Eden Hazard
are also out for this first leg of the quarterfinals
.
Since the pandemic began, before Varane they tested positive for covid-19 Militao, Eden Hazard,
Casemiro
,
Luka Jovic
, Nacho and Zidane himself.
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