Marco Verratti examined optimistic for coronavirus.© AFP
Marco Verratti will miss the primary leg of Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League quarter-final towards Bayern Munich subsequent week after the French champions introduced on Friday that he had examined optimistic for Covid-19. “After the newest PCR Sars-Cov2 take a look at, Marco Verratti is confirmed optimistic. He’ll isolate and be topic to acceptable well being protocol,” PSG stated in an announcement. Italy midfielder Verratti, 28, may also miss PSG’s top-of-the-table conflict with Lille on Saturday, with the groups in first and second place and locked on 63 factors.
That is the second time this 12 months that Verratti has contracted Covid-19. He missed two Ligue 1 matches between the tip of January and the beginning of February attributable to a optimistic virus take a look at.
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His absence will make the duty tougher for PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino as his may also be with out Verratti’s midfield accomplice Leandro Paredes.
Bayern will likely be with out star striker Robert Lewandowski for Wednesday’s match on the Allianz Enviornment after the Pole was dominated out for almost a month with a knee harm picked up on worldwide obligation.
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