This Thursday morning (6), Manchester City confirmed that the team’s coach, Pep Guardiola, was diagnosed with covid-19. The Spaniard had taken the test on Tuesday, but the positive result has only been released now. Pep was isolated by the club.
With Guardiola’s contamination, City has reached the number of 21 cases of the disease at the club, with 14 staff members and seven players from the main squad, including left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko and midfielder Phil Foden. Guardiola’s assistant coach, Juanma Lillo, also had the confirmation of the positive result, and that is why he was also isolated.
With this, Guardiola will not lead City in the match against Swindon Town, valid for the third phase of the FA Cup, which takes place this Friday, at 17:00 GMT. The assistant coach Rodolfo Borrell will be at the edge of the field to direct the athletes.
After this clash, Manchester City will only return to the field next week, when they host Chelsea at Etihad Stadium, Saturday (15), at 9:30 am (GMT), for the 22nd round of the Premier League.
With the same number of matches played, the two teams fight for the cup. While City are the leader of the Premier League so far, with 53 points, Chelsea occupy the second place with 43 points.
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