Several players and staff members tested positive for Covid-19 at the London club on Wednesday before the game against the Bretons.
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Eight players from English club Tottenham tested positive for Covid on Wednesday December 8, on the eve of facing Rennes in the Europa League Conference, Spurs coach Antonio Conte announced. He also confirmed the five positive cases in his staff.
Tottenham boss Antonio Conte has confirmed #THFC have eight positive Covid cases among players and five among staff, with the number growing every day.
– Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) December 8, 2021
“Every day, there are people with Covid who were not positive the day before. The situation is not good“declared the former manager of the Italy team, questioned at a press conference. The holding of the match is not, however, threatened, a team having to have less than 13 valid players on the score sheet to forfeit . But the task does not look easy for the Italian technician, who will have to compose without several elements of his workforce to try to qualify his team for the knockout stages of the competition.
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