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Italy coach Mancini tests positive for COVID-19

Published: 06 Nov 2020 - 09:13 pm | Last Updated: 02 Nov 2021 - 07:05 pm
October 14, 2020 Italy coach Roberto Mancini reacts REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo/File Photo

October 14, 2020 Italy coach Roberto Mancini reacts REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo/File Photo

Reuters

ROME: Italy coach Roberto Mancini has tested positive for COVID-19, the country's football federation (FIGC) said on Friday.

The FIGC said in a statement that the 55-year-old was asymptomatic and in self isolation at his home in Rome.

Italy have three fixtures in the next two weeks - a friendly against visiting Estonia on Wednesday followed by Nations League matches at home to Poland on Nov. 15 and in Bosnia on Nov. 18.