Real Madrid forward Eden Hazard and midfielder Casemiro have tested positive for COVID-19.
The Spanish club said all other first-team players, coaches and employees were negative from testing on Friday:
“Real Madrid C.F. informs that our players, Casemiro and Eden Hazard, have tested positive in the COVID-19 tests undertaken yesterday, Friday, in the morning,” the club said via a statement.
“All of the other first-team players and coaching staff, as well as the club employees who work directly with the squad tested negative in yesterday’s tests. Meanwhile, all of them, apart from Casemiro and Hazard, once again tested negative in the antigen tests taken this morning.”
Coronavirus protocols require the 29-year-old Hazard and 28-year-old Casemiro to isolate.
The team plays at Valencia on Sunday.
Hazard had been named in Belgium’s squad for upcoming international games.
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