Juventus defender De Ligt recovers from coronavirus
By : AFP
Date:
23 January 2021 7:34pm WAT
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Juventus' Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini (C-L), teammates and staff celebrate with the winners' trophy after Juventus won the Italian Super Cup (Supercoppa italiana) football match against Napoli on January 20, 2021 at the Mapei stadium - Citta del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia. - The 33rd edition of the Italian football Super Cup is played between Juventus, the winners of the 2019ñ20 Serie A championship, and Napoli, the winners of the 2019ñ20 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia). (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
Juventus’ Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini (C-L), teammates and staff celebrate with the winners’ trophy after Juventus won the Italian Super Cup (Supercoppa italiana) football match against Napoli on January 20, 2021 at the Mapei stadium – Citta del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia. – The 33rd edition of the Italian football Super Cup is played between Juventus, the winners of the 2019ñ20 Serie A championship, and Napoli, the winners of the 2019ñ20 Italian Cup (Coppa Italia). (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)Juventus defender Matthijs De Ligt has recovered from coronavirus, the Italian champions confirmed on Saturday.
The Dutch international tested positive on January 8, three days after team-mates Alex Sandro and Juan Cuadrado.
De Ligt returned “two Covid-19 swabs with negative results,” the team said in a statement.
“Therefore, the player has recovered and is no longer subjected to the isolation regime.”