The Argentine striker returns to his country because of his mother
AFP
March 19, 2020
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Argentine top scorer Gonzalo Higuain left the quarantine applied by his team, Juventus, after the discovery of defender Daniele Rogani with the new Corona virus and after him, his French colleague Blaise Matuidi, in order to return to his country, according to local media.
Reports indicated that Higuain asked Juventus to leave the quarantine in which he put the entire team with technical and medical crews and even club president Andrea Agnelli, in order to visit his sick mother in Argentina, revealing that the result of the examination of the 32-year-old striker was negative regarding a virus “Covid-19”.
Since Italy imposed severe restrictions on travel and all trips to Argentina are suspended, Higuain moved with his family by private plane to France late on Wednesday, then to Spain and then to South America, according to the Italian Sky Sports and the newspaper Gazeta dello Sport. “.
“Gazeta dello Sport” also revealed that the German midfielders Sami Khedira and Bosnian Miralem Pjanic left Torino to be alongside their families, while Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo stayed in Funchal where he was visiting his sick mother, and he was in isolation with his family.
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Italy is one of the countries most affected by the emerging corona virus, as the number of deaths reached more than 3 thousand people, while more than 13 thousand cases have been reported so far.
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