Antoine Griezmann and Clément Lenglet in a training session of the France national team

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Alert for Covid-19: Griezmann and Lenglet have had contact with a positive

Published:13/11/2020 - 14:18h

Updated:13/11/2020 - 14:19h

Antoine Griezmann and Clément Lenglet, concentrated with the French selection, are expecting of his respective test PCR after the positive of Wissam Ben Yedder

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Antoine Griezmann and Clément Lenglet, the two players of the FC Barcelona that have attended to the call of Didier Deschamps to represent to the French selection during this international stop of the month of November, are in alert by Covid-19. A situation that extends to all the staff of the 'bleus' after Wissam Ben Yedder gave positive.

This Thursday at night, the French Federation of Football announced that the ex forward of the Seville at present in the rows of the ACE Monaco gave positive by Covid-19 something that forced, because of the sanitary protocol, to that the ariete of 30 years abandoned the concentration of the selection gala immediately. Thus, Wissam Ben Yedder will not contest the meetings against Portugal and neither against Sweden.

The French attacker made the proof PCR this Thursday in the morning and confirmed his positive the same day at night. Hardly a day before, the Wednesday at night, Wissam Ben Yedder had been headline in the party that France had contested against the selection of Finland and in which the group of Didier Deschamps lost of conclusive way (0-2).

Curiously, Wissam Ben Yedder was substituted by the Barcelona Antoine Griezmann in the minute 57, whereas Clément Lenglet jumped to the lawn like headline and played a total of 80 minutes. Both had near contact with the footballer infected and is thus that keep in alert. In case of positive, would abandon the concentration and would remain isolated until giving negative.

The FC Barcelona will be very pending of the situation of both players, since the next party of the Barcelona team will be the duel suspender belt against the Athletic of Madrid in Wanda Metropolitan. Ronald Koeman already has the safe drops of Ronald Araújo and Ansu Fati, what would turn into a big problem that Antoine Griezmann or Clément Lenglet were negative.

Martin Braithwaite, negative

By his part, Martin Braithwaite, forward of the FC Barcelona that it was put in quarantine beside other seven international of the selection of Denmark after the positive by Covid-19 of a mate, has given negative in the last test PCR and is thus that already goes back to train with normality. Like this the things, the ariete Barcelona will be able to play against Iceland (Sunday) and Belgium (Wednesday) in the two parties of the League of Nations.

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