Blaise Matuidi: Juventus player tests positive for coronavirus
French midfielder is the second player at the Serie A club to contract Covid-19
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Your support makes all the difference.Juventus have confirmed that midfielder Blaise Matuidi has tested positive for coronavirus.
The Serie A club’s squad and staff were already under self-isolation after defender Daniele Rugani became one of the first players to return a positive test for Covid-19 earlier this month.
All Juventus’s players underwent subsequent testing as a result, with the club now confirming the 32-year-old French World Cup winner as the second squad member to contract the virus, despite not yet showing any symptoms.
“Footballer Blaise Matuidi has undergone medical tests that have revealed his positivity to Coronavirus-COVID-19,” a club statement read.
“The player, on Wednesday 11 March, in voluntary home isolation, will continue to be monitored and to follow the same regime. He is well and is asymptomatic.”
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