There were many hours of unknowns today in Heliopolis. A new positive for coronavirus entered the scene during the morning and Betis changed the entire work plan that was planned to prepare the League appointment against Levante tomorrow. The affected player is Álex Moreno, who will have to be absent indefinitely and will comply with the health protocol. The club canceled its morning training session and also postponed the press conference of its coach, Manuel Pellegrini, until the afternoon. After carrying out new PCR tests on the rest of the squad, Pellegrini was finally able to have the rest of the players available and prepared tomorrow's appointment with that training session. He will not have Álex Moreno for the duel against Levante or for the derby against Sevilla, waiting for him to leave the virus behind.
Betis took all the usual measures in these cases and the footballer is in good health at home and complying with what the protocol establishes. It is not the first time that positive cases of coronavirus have occurred in the Betic squad since footballers like Joel, Juanmi, Loren, Fekir or William Carvalho were already affected by this disease and had to be separated from the group.
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Pellegrini did not give more details during his press appearance, although he warned that they are usual circumstances in this new context. The Chilean does smile at the return of Canales, who could have a few minutes at the Ciutat de Valencia after leaving behind the injury suffered last November with the Spanish team.