Llorente second Spain player to test positive for Covid-19


MADRID: Spain defender Diego Llorente (pic) became the second player from the country’s Euro 2020 squad to test positive for Covid-19 after captain Sergio Busquets, the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) announced.

“The RFEF regret to announce that central defender Diego Llorente has tested positive in the latest PCR tests carried out this morning at the national team base at Las Rozas, ” the federation said in a statement.

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