PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino unsure when Messi will be able to return to France

Paris:

Seven-time Ballon d’Or award winner Lionel Messi is among four players from the Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) team who tested positive for coronavirus ahead of the team’s French Cup football match on Monday night. The PSG team said in a statement on Saturday night that a member of the staff has also been found to be Kovid-19 positive. No names were disclosed at the time, but later on Sunday in the team’s medical news, the club named Messi, left-back Yuan Bernat, backup wicketkeeper Sergio Rico and 19-year-old midfielder Nathan Bitumazala in the list of infected players. Informed.

PSG coach Mauricio Pochettino is unsure when Messi will be able to return to France. “We have been living with the virus for almost two years and everyone knows what they should do to avoid infection,” Pochettino said in a pre-match press conference on Sunday.

He said, ‘Talking about Leo, he is in touch with our medical service. I don’t know if he will be able to play in Lyon or not. He has been found to be Kovid-19 positive in Argentina. Till he does not come negative in the investigation. Will not be able to travel to France until then. We will see when he comes back.’ PSG has to face the third tier team Venes.

Last year’s runners-up Monaco will take on second tier team Cuvili Rowen on Sunday. There will be 13 matches on Sunday in which the team will submit a claim for a place in the last 16. Monaco said on Saturday that seven of its players have been found to be Kovid-19 positive, but none of them have shown worrying symptoms and are in isolation.