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On Friday he woke up with some concern at the Hilton Hotel in Riyadh, where
Real Madrid
is staying in the capital of Saudi Arabia.
Dani Carvajal
became the first positive for coronavirus in the
Spanish Super Cup
and will miss Sunday's final against Athletic Club.
The Spanish international, who started in the semifinal against Barcelona, will leave his place in the eleven to
Lucas Vázquez
, who already replaced him in the final stretch of the classic.
In addition, it is not the only problem that
Carlo Ancelotti
has in defense, because the coaching staff is still aware of the situation of
David Alaba
, who left at the last minute on Wednesday due to some discomfort.
The Austrian center-back did not train with his teammates in training this Friday at the Prince Faisal Stadium.
Individual rooms
There are several doubts within the Madrid expedition. The first, discover if that contagion from the side may have affected any other teammate. The Madrid footballers sleep in individual rooms, precisely to avoid this type of situation, but the day-to-day life of the team forces them to get together for meals and locker rooms. At the moment, the club has not communicated any more positives and the squad has exercised normally, with the absences of Vallejo, Alaba and Carvajal.
And the second question affects Carvajal on a personal level and the management of his return to Spain.
As confirmed by EL MUNDO,
Real Madrid is making inquiries to the Saudi authorities to find out if the winger can fly on the Madrid plane that will leave Riyadh after Sunday's final
.
Saudi Arabia, which has seen its Covid infections increase from 800 on January 1 to more than 6,000 this Thursday, is very strict with the rules against Covid.
The country required vaccination and negative PCR to travel and a quarantine for positive cases, but the media focus of the Super Cup could modify those rules somewhat.
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