Sergio Busquets’ positive for coronavirus not only affects the Spanish team, but also Portugal. The Portuguese team has been quarantined after hearing the news, since last Friday they faced Spain in the friendly played at the Wanda Metropolitano and the Barcelona midfielder was in contact with some Portuguese players.
Acting as team captain, Busquets hugged Cristiano Ronaldo , Portugal’s captain, during the usual captains’ salute to choose field or serve. In addition, he was in contact with some players from the rival team during the joint photo that was made to promote the Iberian Bid of Spain and Portugal to organize the 2030 World Cup.
This has set off alarms in the concentration of Portugal, who have decided to take immediate action and isolate themselves until they know if there are any positives in their ranks. The Barcelona footballer spent 63 minutes on the pitch and had contact with several of the members of the team led by Fernando Santos. In Spain, the RFEF has already taken measures and the entire team has been quarantined until the test is repeated and to know if there are any more infected.
For the moment, the RFEF has suspended all acts and the match against Lithuania will be played by the U21 with Luis de la Fuente giving the orders from the bench. In the tests carried out this Sunday morning in the Ciudad del Fútbol of Las Rozas, only Busquets had a positive result, the rest were negative.
However, from the highest body of Spanish football they do not want to take any kind of risk with the Eurocup on the horizon and are following the UEF protocols to the letter. For the moment, the Barça footballer has been separated and has set course for Barcelona in a medicalized vehicle. There it will remain for the next 10 days. To return to the selection, if Luis Enrique considers it, he would need a negative result in a PCR test.
