Two positive cases of Covid-19 were detected in the professional workforce of OGC Nice (Ligue 1), coach Patrick Vieira announced on Friday during the press briefing two days before the resumption against Lens. “These two players tested positive during the test carried out Thursday. They are in isolation and are in permanent communication with the doctor of the club”, explained the technician from Nice.
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“Two players who are members of the professional staff of the#OGCNice have tested positive for #Covid_19, the doctor is in contact with them. They will be retested and put in solitary confinement, “said Patrick Vieira at a press conference. pic.twitter.com/uRnLoT8uJm
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The two players, whose identities are still unknown, obviously did not take part in Friday’s training session. “I felt on the pitch that the rest of the workforce is worried. I am too, for Sunday’s match against Lens and beyond, commented Vieira. It complicates the planning of the work. It will have to be done. with, and be very responsible at home. “
During the day, Lens, Angers and Monaco each announced a positive case in their respective squad, while these three clubs had not yet contracted any case.
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A fifth case confirmed in Marseille
Olympique de Marseille confirmed on Friday the existence of a fifth case of Covid-19 in its workforce, after additional tests carried out, but the five affected players are asymptomatic, explained a spokesperson for the club.
The OM match against Saint-Étienne, which was to open the Ligue 1 season on Friday evening (7 p.m.), had already been postponed anyway.
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Franck Haise (Lens): “I hope we will play”
Lens defender Jonathan Clauss is the sick player, his coach Franck Haise announced on Friday. “He is completely asymptomatic, he manages to do an interview in the gym every day. He is isolated at La Gaillette (the training center, editor’s note), he sleeps there and he can go out for an hour a day,” he said. -He specifies.
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Franck #Smell : “@ Djoninho25
tested positive this week for Covid. He’s in solitary confinement. “#OGCNRCL #rclens— Racing Club de Lens (@RCLens) Aug 21, 2020
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The Lens coach wants to be positive. “I hope we play. If we start to postpone the first day, we have not gone out … I think we have to play to the maximum when possible, otherwise we will end the season in 2023 ”.
On the morning of Friday, Angers also announced the positive test of its defender Rayan Aït-Nouri, placed in solitary confinement. And at the start of the afternoon, Monaco was added to the list of hit clubs, with a case concerning the professional group, whose identity has not been disclosed.
According to the protocol established by the Professional Football League (LFP), from four positive cases the match can be deprogrammed. Nice had so far been spared by the coronavirus since the recovery on June 15. A match, that between Marseille and Saint-Etienne, initially scheduled for this Friday, has already been deprogrammed, after the discovery of several cases in the Marseille workforce.
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