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sport">It seems that Llorente’s test was false positive. On Thursday, another test was negative. The Leeds defender must be checked again on Friday. If everything turns out to be in order, he can train again on Friday.
sport">The other tests carried out on Thursday with the players from the Spanish European Championship selection yielded only negative results.
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Diego Llorente in pursuit of Cristiano Ronaldo during the exhibition game between Portugal and Spain.
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Precautions
sport">National coach Luis Enrique has taken the necessary precautions in recent days due to the corona threat. Not only did he bring in the Under-21 squad in Tuesday’s exhibition game with Lithuania, he also put together a shadow squad.
“To be honest, this is child’s play compared to some of the things I’ve had to go through”
sport">Rodrigo Moreno (Leeds United), Pablo Fornals (West Ham United), Carlos Soler (FC Valencia CF) and Brais Méndez (Celta de Vigo), Raul Albiol (Villarreal) and Kepa Arrizabalaga (Chelsea) were summoned and entered a so-called parallel bubble forming. However, they seem to be able to resume their vacation soon.
Vaccinate
sport">After all the corona fuss, Spanish politics also suddenly took the bull by the horns. After no exception was previously made for the national football team, the players were vaccinated this week after all.
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National coach Luis Enrique (left) keeps his cool.
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Luis Enrique
sport">Enrique is not too concerned about the difficult situation he is in with his selection despite everything, he said on Thursday. “To be honest, this is child’s play compared to some of the things I’ve had to go through,” said the national coach whose daughter died in 2019 at the age of 9 from the effects of bone cancer. “We have a plan B, but I hope we don’t have to carry it out.”
Not from selection
sport">Busquets tested positive on Sunday and was sent home immediately. However, Enrique does not intend to remove his captain from the European Championship selection, something Frank de Boer did at Orange with keeper Jasper Cillessen after he had tested positive for the corona virus.
sport">“He is asymptomatic. He feels good and continues to train. We are waiting for him, he will definitely remain on the list,” said Luis Enrique.
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Swede Dejan Kulusevski misses the duel with Spain because of corona.
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Sweden
sport">Spain will start the European Championship against Sweden on Monday in Seville. There is also a lot to do with the Scandinavians about corona. Dejan Kulusevski (Juventus) and Mattias Svanberg (Bologna) tested positive earlier this week and are likely to miss the game against Spain. They may be able to play in the other group matches against Slovakia and Poland.
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