Militao, positive for COVID-19

Real Madrid announced on Monday morning Eder Militao (22 years old) positive for coronavirus. “Real Madrid C. F. communicates that our player Éder Militão has tested positive for COVID-19 made yesterday Sunday morning “, you can read at the beginning of the statement.

“All the other players and the coaching staff of the first team, as well as all the club employees who work directly with them, gave negative results in that same test. Likewise, it is confirmed once again that all, except for Éder Militão, have given negative results in the antigen tests performed this morning “, detailed the club on its website below.

Defense problems for Zidane

The news, therefore, is reassuring on the negative side. At the club there was concern since Sunday for the fear that, if the positive of Militao, this could have infected one of his companions. Finally that has not happened and attention can be focused on recovering as soon as possible and as best as possible for the Paulista, who has to give two negatives to be able to return. Meanwhile, for Zidane the situation is complicated on defense, since without the Brazilian he loses a central defender who can act as a right back. The injuries of Carvajal, Odriozola and Nacho, In addition to Lucas's muscular setback against Huesca, they are squeezing the whites, although the Galician hopes to be available for Inter (Tuesday, 9:00 pm, Movistar Champions League).

Militao is the second Real Madrid player to have tested positive for COVID-19, after Mariano at the end of July. The forward was low for this reason for City-Madrid that closed the 2019-20 season. Before, in July, Vinicius had given the scare by a failed test, at the same time Jovic he was isolated by a possible contact with a positive friend from Serbia. A false positive in the last national team break also raised concerns about Lunin.