For the second time in a row Adama Traoré falls by accident of the call of the Selection. The first was ten months ago, on the last list, as a result of a muscle problem. This second time it was due to the coronavirus. The Wolves winger, 24, tested positive last weekend in one of the Premier's PCR tests. This is the reason why nor he can go to the call of Spain, precisely when Mali insists on convincing him to play with his shirt. The Federation left him without a number for the matches against Germany and Ukraine, on Thursday and Sunday respectively. Adama Traoré is the only one of those summoned by Luis Enrique who was left without a number, although his situation will not be made official until this Wednesday morning.
Adama Traoré did not focus on the rest of his teammates, the other 23 internationals called up by Luis Enrique. The National Team remains isolated in Las Rozas and is in an aseptic bubble to haggle the coronavirus. All the footballers have given negative in the tests that the RFEF carried out last Monday. The positive of Adama, although it was not conclusive in the first place, is a risk for the group at a time when UEFA has warned that any team affected by COVID that cannot present at least 13 virus-free players will be eliminated from the Nations League.
For these reasons it is unlikely that Adama will join the National Team, which will have to play against Germany and Ukraine without him, one of the fittest players on the continent and much to the liking of Luis Enrique. Pure power and speed, Adama has everything the Asturian coach asks of his forwards. But COVID has slowed him down. It will have to be another time with permission from Mali, the country where your parents were born and which grants you your nationality.