November 11, 2020 – Croatia national team player Domagoj Vida played coronavirus-infected in the friendly match between Croatia and Turkey on Thursday evening, which ended 3:3.
On Thursday, we will find out what the further procedure is and whether this situation will affect the Nations League matches this Saturday against Sweden and Tuesday against Portugal.
We are transmitting the HNS press release in its entirety:
“Immediately after midnight local time in Istanbul, the Croatia national football team’s medical service received the SARS-CoV-2 virus test results, among which was a positive result among the players.
After all the players and staff members were negative in the regular test for the match against Turkey on Monday, the regular test for the match against Sweden was done on Wednesday morning. HNS received the official test results after midnight local time, which showed that national team member Domagoj Vida is positive for coronavirus.
The Croatia national team’s medical service received initial information at the end of halftime that there was one potentially positive result. This is a common test procedure, and a questionable result is retested to confirm the result.
At that time, coach Zlatko Dalic had already decided to substitute Vida. The national team’s medical service isolated Vida according to all epidemiological measures until the confirmation of the test results.
Vida will spend the next few days in self-isolation in Istanbul following regulations.
All other national team members and staff members, who tested negative, will travel to Stockholm. It is taken into account that the national team complied with all epidemiological measures, following UEFA’s Return to Play protocol.
In addition to Vida, one member of the HNS delegation was also positive, and was not in contact with national team members or staff members.”
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