Napoli recovers Insigne and Fabián Ruiz after overcoming Covid

Napoli, Barça’s next rival in the Europa League, has received with relief the negative results of the tests carried out in the last hours on Lorenzo Insigne and Fabián Ruiz, of the three players, along with Hirving Lozano, who tested positive for Covid- 19.

Both Insigne, whose contagion was announced on December 21 and already missed the game a day later against Spezia, and the Andalusian Fabián Ruiz, whose case was announced on the 26th during his vacation in Spain, will be available for Luciano Spalletti in Naples’ first game in 2022, on January 6 in Turin against Juventus in Serie A. A great game.

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Lozano, whose positive was reported on Tuesday, is still in his country, Mexico, isolated at his home waiting to test negative.

Naples will resume its activity tomorrow and for the game against Juventus will have the suspension of Mario Rui and Kalidou Koulibaly, Victor Osimhen, Adam Ounas and André Zambo Anguissa, summoned by national teams for the African Cup, which will begin on the 9 January in Cameroon.

Napoli will face Barça in a Europa League playoff prior to the round of 16. The first leg will be played at the Camp Nou on February 17 and the return match at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium a week later.