Atletico Madrid confirm Angel Correa and Sime Vrsaljko tested positive for Covid-19

The duo will play no part in the final phase of the 2019/20 Champions League in Lisbon
Atletico Madrid forward Angel Correa will miss the conclusion to the Champions League after testing positive for coronavirus
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Ben Hayward10 August 2020

Atletico Madrid will travel to Lisbon on Tuesday for the final phase of the Champions League, but the Rojiblancos will be without Angel Correa and Sime Vrsaljko after positive Covid-19 tests returned on Sunday night.

The Spanish side announced the positive tests on Sunday, but did not reveal the identities of those affected and asked for privacy.

Atleti were due to travel to Lisbon on Monday evening, but have had to change their plans in light of the test results and will now fly to Portugal on Tuesday instead.

The club have now revealed that Argentine attacker Correa and Croatian defender Vrsaljko are the two individuals who tested positive.

"The first team and members of the technical staff underwent new PCR tests on Sunday, the result of which has been negative in all of them, following the emergence of two positive cases in the tests carried out on Saturday," Atletico said on their website on Monday.

"Following the health protocol, these tests were also performed on the family members who live with the two positive cases, with all of them also negative."

Atletico returned to training on Monday afternoon without Correa, who remains in isolation at his home without presenting symptoms.

Rojiblancos team-mate Sime Vrsaljko is also asymptomatic and isolating
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Vrsaljko, meanwhile, was recovering from an injury and is also asymptomatic.

Both players will miss Thursday's quarter-final clash against RB Leipzig and the rest of the final phase in Lisbon.

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