La Liga membership Real Madrid on Tuesday introduced that their star defender Raphael Varane has examined positive for coronavirus.
This comes as an enormous blow to the Spanish membership as they’re scheduled to play the primary leg of the Champions League quarter-final in opposition to Premier League aspect Liverpool on Wednesday, with the second leg slated to be performed on April 15.
“Real Madrid C. F. informs that our player Raphael Varane tested positive in the COVID-19 test he underwent this morning,” the membership mentioned in an announcement.
On Monday, Real Madrid supervisor Zinedine Zidane had mentioned his crew needs to do nicely within the match whereas emphasising the significance of the match.
“It’s a knockout tie. It’s to be played over two legs. We know there are 180 minutes or more, but for us, as always, the most important thing is tomorrow’s game. We’re not looking any further ahead than that. We want to do well in this game and that’s all we’re thinking about,” the membership’s official web site had quoted Zidane as saying.
“Liverpool are a complete team. People will tell you that the three forwards are very good and that’s true, but they’re a very strong and solid team, and they’re playing very much as a team. I’d focus more on the team as a whole, not on one particular aspect. We know that the three forwards are very dangerous players and we’re going to have to watch out for everything,” he had added.
(With ANI inputs)
