The hope remained that it was a “false positive” but no. The Valencia confirmed this Wednesday that it has a second case of coronavirus on its staff, after that of Denis Cheryshev from last week.
Although the club has not confirmed which player it is, the South Korean Kang in lee He was the only one not injured who was absent from training last Tuesday.
After the positives of Carlos Soler and Geoffrey Kondogbia of the preseason, Javi Gracia's squad had remained “clean” from COVID 19, even Kang In Lee himself avoided the outbreak that emerged in his team a few days ago. Although it took several tests to rule out contagion.
But last week, after Alavés announced the case of Manu García after facing both teams, Valencia increased the controls. In the extra screening they did that same Monday, no case arose, but Cheryshev did it a few days later.
It is the case that, in addition, if it is confirmed that Kang In is the second affected, it is two left-handed attackers, who have many times competed for the position. His withdrawal would leave Gonçalo Guedes as the only reference in that position, to which Gracia also cannot overtake Toni Lato since José Luis Gayà is also on leave.