The Portuguese striker Paulinho This Thursday he tested positive for covid-19 and He became the second player of the Sporting de Portugal infected, after the Uruguayan Sebastián Coates test positive on day 1.
According to local media, Paulinho is isolated after testing positive for antigens carried out on the return of the Netherlands team, where he played on Tuesday against Ajax, and will miss the next matches of the Sporting.
In that meeting, Paulinho started on the bench and played the last half hour.
The rest of the squad and the technical team gave negative in the tests.
The Sporting of Portugal is second in the Portuguese League with 35 points, tied with the leader Port, and also still alive in the Champions League after getting the pass to the round of 16.