Italy coach Roberto Mancini tests positive for virus
Posted November 06, 2020 6:00 am
FLORENCE, Italy (AP) - Italy coach Roberto Mancini tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday, days before the international break.
Mancini and the rest of his staff underwent routine testing before the Italy squad meet on Sunday.
The 55-year-old Mancini shows no symptoms according to the Italian Football Federation, and he is self-isolating at his home in Rome.
The federation said Mancini will join the squad as soon as he's allowed by UEFA and FIGC protocols.
Italy plays a friendly against Estonia on Wednesday, and hosts Poland in the Nations League four days later.
Italy is second in Group 1 in League A, a point below Poland and a point above the Netherlands.
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020 file photo, Italy's coach Roberto Mancini wears a face mask during the international friendly soccer match between Italy and Moldova, at the Artemio Franchi stadium, in Florence, Italy. Italy coach Roberto Mancini has tested positive for the coronavirus days before the international break. The Italian soccer federation says that Mancini is 'completely asymptomatic' and is self-isolating at his house in Rome. The Italy squad will meet up on Sunday. It plays an international friendly against Estonia on Wednesday and hosts Poland in the Nations League four days later. (Marco Bucco/LaPresse via AP)
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