Daniele De Rossi was diagnosed with Covid last week and in the last few hours his condition has become complicated due to pneumonia, so his internment was decided.
Daniele De Rossi, a former Boca footballer who contracted coronavirus, suffered respiratory problems in the last hours and was hospitalized in Spallanzani, Rome.
According to various Italian media, the contagion of the 2006 world champion in Germany, who had just joined the team as Roberto Mancini’s assistant, took place last week along with three other members. of the azzurra squad, who had just participated in the three-time UEFA Qualifiers road trip to the Qatar World Cup in 2022 in matches against Northern Ireland, Bulgaria and Lithuania.
The 37-year-old former player expressed some breathing difficulties on Thursday and was hospitalized at night. In principle, the diagnosis would indicate pneumonia that is equally controlled.
A total of eight Italian footballers were infected with COVID-19 in the last week: Matteo Pessina, Leonardo Bonucci, Alessandro Florenzi, Federico Bernardeschi, Marco Verratti, Vincenzo Aixeta, Alessio Cragno and Salvatore Sirigu. About 20 members of the azzurra delegation composed of 80 people contracted the disease.
After retiring from football last year after finishing his time at the Boca Juniors, De Rossi decided to start a coaching career and, waiting to get the coaching card of the Football Federation Italiana (FIGC), joined Mancini’s collaborators with their eyes set on the start of the qualifying phase in Qatar 2022 and next Euro.
After being introduced as a reinforcement in Italy’s coaching staff last month, De Rossi had said: “I am proud to start this new career with the national team and I thank both President Gravina and coach Mancini for their trust and confidence. “It’s going to be exciting to go back to Coverciano (training camp), which for me means going home and finding a lot of ex-teammates and friends in the squad and in the group. I can’t wait to get started.”
The Italian team won its first three performances and settled in Group C of the qualifiers for next year’s World Cup. Their next clashes will be in September: Thursday 2/9 against Bulgaria, Sunday 5/9 against Switzerland and Wednesday 8/9 against Lithuania. Earlier (in June) he will face the European Championship, in which he is part of Group A alongside Turkey, Wales and Switzerland (all his presentations will be in Rome).
De Rossi, born in 1983, lived most of his career at Roma, from which he inherited the captain’s armband after the retirement of Francesco Totti, and signed for Boca Juniors in the 2019-2020 season.
In Argentina he played seven games and scored a goal.
In his career, De Rossi won the 2006 World Cup in Germany with the team then coached by Marcello Lippi. He also reached the final of Euro 2012, lost to Spain.