the Deep Football FederationIt was confirmed in the afternoon of this Saturday that the striker of the Good view of Portugal, Jorge Benguché, Is the positive player for coronavirus within the selected ones.
In the rigorous tests carried out this Friday, two days before the duel in front Greece in Thessaloniki, the Honduran artillery i exOlimpia he has been diagnosed with the Chinese virus, which completely rules him out for the duel against the Greeks.
“The FENAFUTH, by this means confirms that the player Jorge Benguché was positive and asymptomatic in PCR. The necessary protocols and care are followed and tomorrow a new test will be performed to confirm result,” confirmed the Fenafuth.
In the morning hours TEN was alerted on a positive case within the Honduran delegation a Thessaloniki and, in addition, Greek media also echoed, without giving names of beginning.
Jorge Benguché he has been isolated in a hotel room and will stay here while he is tested further and appears negative, meanwhile he cannot go out and share with anyone else.
It has also been known that the authorities of the Honduran Football Federation will be pending new controls as they do not want the virus to spread and be passed on to more footballers within the Selection of Honduras.
According to Greek media reports, being only a positive case, the match does not run the risk of being suspended, as the local team is focused on its knockout match against Georgia next Wednesday and is taking care of the health issue. Honduras i Greece they collide this Sunday at 8:00 p.m.
POSITIVE IN PAST GAMES
Previously on the friendly that Honduras disputed before Nicaragua i Guatemala in 2020, the striker Antony “Choco” Lozano was positive and had to stay isolated in the Central American country and was able to travel until a week later to Spain to join the Cadiz already with the virus out of your body.
At the club level, Javier Portillo i Edrick Menjívar, Prior to a game of CONCACAF League between Olympics i Alajuelense, Both also had to stay in Costa Rica having obtained positive results from Covid-19.