National, the alarm returns: El Shaarawy false positive, second negative buffer

BERGAMO. The alarm in the national team returns: the case of Stephan El Shaarawy turned out to be a false positive. The attacker tested positive for the swab, “but with very low viral load”, while the second swab gave a negative result. Thus confirming the predictions (but above all the hopes) of the Italian doctor Andrea Ferretti. The announcement was made by Ferretti himself during the press conference on the eve of the Nations League match with the Netherlands in Bergamo. “This morning we received the results of last night’s swabs upon arrival in Bergamo. One swab was positive. It is a player who authorized the distribution of the name is Stephan El Shaarawy. However, it is a low positive swab. bacterial load, therefore it could be that it is a false positive swab “.

Ferretti added that “everyone performed the swabs and the player himself also did the serological, which was negative”. The Azzurri were constantly monitored: “During this retreat, perhaps we only missed one day of tampons, on one occasion we even did two in one day. The average is one a day. In the evening we will have the results. From now on we are under Uefa protocol. Any positives would be sent home, the others could play. ”

Chiellini: “Championship falsified? It will be a real victory to finish it”

After Ferretti, Giorgio Chiellini intervened: “The escalation of infections does not surprise us, but I am convinced that we cannot stop for two reasons: economic, for the football industry, and for the people, who must stay at home. we are ready to do our part, minimizing the risks. Is the championship distorted? I already know that
whoever wins, it will be called a fake tournament. We have to get used to a championship like this, it will happen during the season that some games will not have all the players. It’s like injuries. The real victory will be getting to the end. The bubble as in the NBA? We are already in fact in a half bubble “.

De Boer: “This time we will be 100%”

The Dutch press conference was also held at the Gewiss Stadium, with coach Frank De Boer and Inter defender De Vrij. The Dutch had previously trained at the Breda stadium in Sesto San Giovanni, near the hotel where the team remained. The coach explained the meaning of the logistical choice. “Avoiding travel as much as possible is important, especially in this period. Stopping football? It is not up to me to decide. It is not nice to see stadiums closed, but football gives something back to people at this stage. It would be nice to restart with the stadiums entirely open, but the priority now is everyone’s health “. Sports issues remained at the center of questions from the Dutch press, because the impact of De Boer on the national team bench, after Ronald Koeman and the brief interregnum of Lodeweges, was not memorable: in the first two games, the friendly against Mexico (0-1) and away to Bosnia (0-0), the team failed to win or even score. But the former Inter coach, in a not too lucky experience, promises Mancini’s Italy a very different match from the one in which, last September, the blues dominated in Amsterdam well beyond the result (1-0 with a goal by Barella) the oranje then directed by Lodeweges: “Don’t be fooled. In the first leg many of our team were not yet in shape, because two weeks before they were on vacation at the beach. This time they will be 100 %.

“Inter? I have no regrets”

The Nations League group ranking is very open. We and Poland have only one point less than Italy and everything is still possible. The important thing is to come out of this duel with a good result. “To succeed, he admits, it will be essential not to be overwhelmed on the right wing by the left-back of Italia Spinazzola, protagonist in Amsterdam together with Insigne, absent here due to injury:” We will study something , I don’t say what. But for sure the Azzurri will not be able to repeat themselves on that side. “De Boer has already received criticisms:” Someone in the Netherlands thinks it is easy to lead the national team: there are necessarily a lot of pressures in this role. Of course those with Mexico and Bosnia weren’t the best games in Holland, but I remember that sometimes you also need a little luck to score. Roland Koeman has seen the team score often in the last minutes, for example with Germany in one of the most important matches. “Finally on the past (the missed penalty in the famous Euro 2000 semi-final with Italy and the short adventure at Inter Milan ) the Dutch coach did not dwell too much: “Because the past is over. That semifinal is now far away and I would have liked to have stayed much longer at Inter, but there is no need to have regrets, now I coach the Netherlands. “De Vrij did not talk about Covid, which is alarming Inter, but yes he focused on the tactical characteristic that most struck him, playing in Serie A: “The vertical insertions of the midfielders. We will have to be very careful, we have prepared ourselves for this. “

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