Former Italy captain and the national team’s technical coach Daniele De Rossi has been hospitalised after testing positive for Covid-19 during last month’s World Cup qualifiers, Sky Italy reported on Friday.
Sky reported De Rossi, 37, is under observation at the Roman Institute for Infectious Diseases as a precaution.
The players who tested positive are Federico Bernardeschi, Leonardo Bonucci, Alessio Cragno, Vincenzo Grifo, Alessandro Florenzi, Marco Verratti, Matteo Pessina and Salvatore Sirigu.
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De Rossi, who ended his 18-year playing career in January 2020 after a short stint with Argentine side Boca Juniors, joined Italy coach Roberto Mancini’s staff last month.
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