Diego Llorente
Diego Llorente has turn into the second Spain participant contaminated with the coronavirus forward of the European Championship.
The Spanish soccer federation stated Llorente examined constructive on Tuesday and was put into isolation, two days after captain Sergio Busquets needed to depart the workforce’s coaching camp due to the virus.
No different participant had examined constructive, the federation stated.
Llorente’s constructive consequence was made public not lengthy after Spain’s under-21 squad beat Lithuania 4-Zero on Tuesday in Madrid in a match that was purported to be performed by the senior workforce as its last warm-up earlier than “La Roja” opened its Euro 2020 marketing campaign towards Sweden on Monday in Seville.
The Spanish federation didn’t say whether or not Busquets or Llorente could be minimize from the squad, however coach Luis Enrique has already referred to as up six performs to follow individually on the workforce’s coaching camp. He has till Saturday to make adjustments to his preliminary listing in case of accidents or COVID-19 circumstances.
Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga and defender Raúl Albiol had been anticipated to start coaching within the separate bubble on Wednesday, becoming a member of Rodrigo Moreno, Pablo Fornals, Carlos Soler and Brais Méndez, who all arrived earlier within the week.
Personalised coaching routines would proceed for gamers in the primary squad, observing COVID-19 protocols.
Gamers who check constructive should keep in isolation for at the very least 10 days, that means each Busquets and Llorente will miss the opener towards Sweden. It could even be unlikely they’d be match for Spain’s second match towards Poland on June 19. The workforce’s last Group E match will probably be towards Slovakia on June 23, additionally in Seville.
Spanish media stated the nationwide workforce gamers could possibly be vaccinated towards COVID-19 within the coming days. There had been some criticism for the delay in getting gamers vaccinated, opposite to what occurred to the Spanish athletes competing on the Tokyo Olympics.
There was additionally criticism for probably permitting the soccer gamers to be vaccinated earlier than different Spaniards who had been in line for the coronavirus vaccine.
Two Sweden gamers additionally examined constructive for COVID-19 — Juventus winger Dejan Kulusevski and Bologna midfielder Mattias Svanberg.
The Euros start Friday when Italy hosts Turkey.
Spain beat Lithuania with a squad through which 19 of the 20 gamers referred to as up had by no means performed for the senior nationwide workforce. The pleasant counted as a first-team match, with gamers getting caps and an official debut for coach Luis de la Fuente with the primary squad.
De la Fuente named 10 rookies plus Bryan Gil within the beginning lineup. The final time Spain had 10 gamers on debut for a senior worldwide was in 1941, towards Portugal, after the workforce had not performed since Spain’s Civil Battle broke out in 1936.