Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel has revealed that Mateo Kovacic tested positive for coronavirus after returning to training just one day.

With the Croatia midfielder missing eight games for Chelsea due to a hamstring injury

sustained in training in October , Kovacic returned to training with a smile yesterday (Monday). Tuchel said the player had to self-isolate because he tested positive for coronavirus:

“Mateo came in training yesterday with a smile on his face and it’s a great pleasure he’s back,” Tuchel said. game

“But his covid test today came back positive and had to self-isolate…”

“There’s a risk. But we as a club are trying to do everything we can to minimize the risks. In a week we do several checks and put in place preventive measures to minimize the risk.”

“As a club and a team we feel it is as safe as possible. And we will try to keep doing that.”

Tuchel added that Jorginho and N’Golo Kante will not be part of the squad that will travel to play in Russia.

They are knocked out but will end up as group champions if they have a better result than Juventus, who face Malmo.According to a report from ufabet.