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Ronaldo tests negative for Covid-19

Sports Desk | banglanews24.com
Update: 2020-10-31 12:36:39
Ronaldo tests negative for Covid-19 Cristiano Ronaldo [photo collected]

Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo is closing in on a return to the team after testing negative for Covid-19.

The Serie A side confirmed the news on Friday in a statement on their official website. 

"Cristiano Ronaldo carried out a check with a diagnostic test (swab) for Covid-19," the statement read.

"The exam provided a negative result. The player has, therefore, recovered after 19 days and is no longer subjected to home isolation."

Ronaldo is set to take another test on Saturday and will train individually. Should that test come back negative, Ronaldo will be called in for Juve's Serie A clash against Spezia on Sunday

The 35-year-old originally tested positive for coronavirus on October 13 while on international duty with Portugal, forcing him to miss his country's 3-0 win over Sweden the following day.

Upon his return to Juventus, the former Manchester United and Real Madrid star was forced to miss four more games as he failed to produce a negative test.

Ronaldo was unable to participate as Juve drew Crotone and Verona in Serie A play, while he also missed out on a Champions League win over Dynamo Kiev and a 2-0 defeat to Barcelona earlier this week.

Missing out on the chance to face his long-time rival Lionel Messi and Barca was especially tough to swallow for Ronaldo, who posted and then deleted a comment on Instagram questioning the accuracy of the Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests. 

Source: GOAL

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