Isco, a player from Real Madrid, has tested positive for Covid-19 after the antigen and PCR tests he underwent confirmed it. The midfielder had already presented symptoms in recent days, and his family was also in the same situation.
The Spanish footballer was left out of the squad in the last match against Cádiz for La Liga, and it is expected that the same will happen against Athletic Bilbao this coming Wednesday. In addition, everything indicates that Isco, former player of Málaga, will not play again until 2022 because the last match of the year for Real Madrid is at San Mamés.
Isco is the eighth positive case within the Real Madrid squad and joins the long list of absences due to Covid-19: Marcelo, Lunin, Rodrygo, Asensio, and Bale. Furthermore, Davide Ancelotti, assistant and son of coach Carlo Ancelotti, and Luka Modric, who has already tested negative but still shows symptoms.
Isco, isolated after testing positive for Covid-19
Thus, the call-up for the match against Athletic in the domestic league remains complicated for Ancelotti, who will have nine absences among injuries, suspensions, and positive cases. However, he will have important players available such as: Toni Kroos, Federico Valverde, Karim Benzema, Vinícius Junior, and Eduardo Camavinga, who have not tested positive.
In LaLiga Santander so far, Real Madrid comfortably leads with 43 points, six units ahead of their closest pursuer, Sevilla.
Precisely, the Andalusian team will host Xavi Hernández's Barcelona at the Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium.
The team led by Julen Lopetegui comes from a 2-1 victory over Diego Simeone's Atlético de Madrid at home.