An

Ancelotti

will sit on the bench at the

Balaídos Stadium

this Saturday (6:30 p.m.), but it will surely not be

Carlo

.

The Italian coach

tested positive for Covid

during the national team break and still has symptoms:

fever and strong cough

, as this newspaper has learned.

His presence on the plane that will leave Madrid for Vigo this Friday afternoon to face

Celta

is, right now, unlikely.

Madrid does not want to take any risk, neither with the coach's health nor, obviously, with the possibility of contagion to other members of the expedition.

According to Health regulations, testing positive without symptoms does not require quarantine, but the discomfort that the

62-year

-old coach maintains will force him to stay in the capital.

Still, the club will make the decision tomorrow.

If his symptoms do not improve, it will be his son

De he Davide

, second coach of the team, who will take charge of the duel, both for the previous press conference and for the day of the match.

It is not the first time that the Ancelotti family has suffered from the virus, since Davide himself was one of those infected in the outbreak that Madrid experienced during the month of December.

As for the squad,

Karim Benzema and Ferland Mendy

, who missed the Madrid team's last games and did not travel with France for international friendlies, trained normally this Thursday and may be called up for the Vigo match.

In addition, all the internationals have returned without disturbance.

Vinicius

has been in Madrid since Monday and

Modric, Bale, Casemiro, Valverde, Rodrygo and Militao

have joined without setbacks.

The only absences, known as

Eden Hazard

's withdrawal after undergoing surgery, have been

Isco Alarcón

and

Luka Jovic

.

The first due to back problems and the second due to a blow to the right ankle received during the last Serbian game.

Both are almost ruled out to face Celta.

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