Six Red Star players test positive for coronavirus

The Red Star of Belgrade has announced this Saturday that six players from the squad have tested positive for coronavirus and they have not been able to integrate into the discipline of the first team until they exceed the quarantine period, reported the current champion of Serbia.

On June 22, five players tested positive for the coronavirus after the team celebrated their third Serbian title. in a row before 18,000 spectators. This Saturday a sixth has been confirmed, as explained by the club itself, which revealed the names of the six players.

Marko Gobeljic, Branko Jovicic, Dusan Jovancic, Veljko Nikolic, Strahinja Erakovic and Srdjan Spiridonovic are the 'positives' of Red Star, andteam led by Dejan Stankovic, legendary player of Inter Milan and of the Belgrade team itself in its beginnings.

Serbia eased restrictions related to global pandemic at an early stage compared to many other European countries and allowed massive events to be held again without appropriate security measures.

World number one tennis player Novak Djokovic organized a mini-tour in the region that was abandoned after several attendees, including world number one, tested positive for COVID-19.