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Cristiano Ronaldo has left the Portugal training base to spend his quarantine period in Italy after testing positive for coronavirus. The return of the 35-year-old is designed to get him back to play sooner, since Portuguese rules stipulate a 14-day quarantine, while in Italy he only needs to be isolated for 10 days.
This means that it could be available for Juventus’ Serie A game against Verona on October 25, but also, crucially, for the Champions League game against Barcelona three days later.
UEFA protocol dictates that players must return a negative test at least one week before playing a match. Cristiano could therefore be tested three days before the end of his Italian quarantine and still meet UEFA’s requirements to face Barcelona.
Cristiano, who currently has no symptoms, traveled to Italy by air ambulance, according to Portuguese media. He was transported from the national team’s training complex to the nearby Cascais airfield, where the plane was waiting to take him to Turin.
Had he stayed in Portugal, the quarantine period would have seen him miss at least four Juventus games, instead of two, in addition to Portugal’s UEFA Nations League game on Wednesday against Sweden.
As things stand, Cristiano alone may not be available for the league match against Crotone on Saturday and Juventus’ first Champions League match at Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday, October 20.
Cristiano’s positive coronavirus test not only had sports consequences, but also economic ones. Juventus shares quickly fell 3 percent when the news broke, although they have since returned to their previous value.
Juventus host Barcelona on October 28 for the second game of their Champions League group, which could see Cristiano face Messi for the first time since he left Real Madrid in 2018. That is, of course, if the Portuguese star remains asymptomatic and tests are negative. for COVID-19 in subsequent testing.
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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