Atlético-MG reveals nine cases of Covid-19 in soccer; Sampaoli and defender Gabriel are on the list | athletic-mg

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All are already isolated and out of the game against Atlético-PR, Wednesday, at 7pm (Brasilia), in Mineirão, for the Brazilian Championship, in a game postponed on the sixth day.

They are also out of the game against Ceará (Sunday, in Fortaleza) and Botafogo (25, in Mineirão), since the minimum period allowed by the protocol (in cases where the disease does not progress) is 10 days to return to training. and games.

The tests took place after the 2-1 victory over Corinthians, last Saturday, in São Paulo. It is the first time that the Rooster has a high number of positive cases in the same series of tests.

In the last week, El Gallo had two more cases of Covid-19 among the club’s players who are handed over to the national teams. Defensive midfielder Alan Franco tested positive for Covid-19 while serving for the Ecuadorian national team and only returns to Brazil after a negative body result for the virus.

Besides him, there is the 16-year-old attacker Sávio, who contracted the virus and returned from the U-17 team to quarantine in BH (he came from Itu by land).

In addition to not having Sampaoli, Galo also lost the coach’s main assistant: Jorge Desio. Nor does he have the right arms of the Argentine: Pablo Fernández and Marcos Fernández (physical trainers). All with positive cases.

In the next matches, Lucas Gonçalves or Éder Aleixo will be in charge of the substitute bench. The two are Sampaoli’s assistants.

See the list of positive tests:

Jorge Sampaoli (coach)
Gabriel Andreata (soccer coach)
Jorge Desio (technical assistant)
Pablo Fernandez (physical trainer)
Marcos Fernandez (fitness assistant)
Gabriel (athlete)
Domênico Bhering (Director of communication)
Frederico Fortes (performance analyst)
Danilo Minutti (goalkeeping coach)