The Red Devils will have to do without Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku against Switzerland, England and Denmark. The Real Madrid attacker took a positive corona test on Friday, while Romelu Lukaku is not allowed to travel to our country by the Italian authorities.
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With a simple official statement Real Madrid sent the news to the world on Saturday: our players Casemiro and Eden Hazard have tested positive for the corona virus. “Of course this is a difficult situation, but Eden is doing well physically and mentally. He is strong enough ”, Zinedine Zidane said before the match against Valencia, which Hazard logically had to pass by.
The Red Devils will therefore have to do without their captain for the coming week. Again. It has been 356 days since Hazard played for the national team again. First there was that damn ankle injury that kept him sidelined for months. In October he seemed to have recovered, but was suddenly felled by a muscle injury. And now that Hazard finally really seemed to be on its way back, there is the corona virus. The umpteenth setback in what has been a year to forget for Hazard.
After his positive test, Hazard is quarantined at home for ten days. In principle, the national coach could still let him fly over for the match against Denmark on 18 November. But the chance that Real Madrid will give permission for this seems very small.
Roberto Martinez is also in danger of getting bad news from Italy. According to Sky Sports, several local health authorities have banned clubs from allowing their players to travel to the national team. There is still uncertainty about the possible departure of Romelu Lukaku because the authorities in Milan have not yet reached a decision. Inter players could possibly leave the country on a private flight.
Inter-CEO Giuseppe Moratta prefers to see Lukaku simply stay in Milan. “I think it is absurd that all regions act differently,” he says in Italian media. “This creates inequality between the clubs and I hope that the Minister of Sport intervenes.”
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