Euro 2020: Latvia reports positive COVID-19 test before Germany game

The team will play its three group games and a potential quarterfinal in Munich, starting against World Cup champion France on June 15.

Published : Jun 07, 2021 21:23 IST , Germany

The Germany team is due to travel to its tournament base in Herzogenaurach in Bavaria on Tuesday.
The Germany team is due to travel to its tournament base in Herzogenaurach in Bavaria on Tuesday.
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The Germany team is due to travel to its tournament base in Herzogenaurach in Bavaria on Tuesday.

The German football federation expects its team's last European Championship preparation game to go ahead on Monday despite opponent Latvia reporting a coronavirus infection in the team.

The Latvian football federation said hours before kickoff on  Twitter  that an unnamed player tested positive for COVID-19.

“All the previous tests in the training camp were negative both for this player and the rest of the national team," the federation said.

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"All the necessary steps were taken to isolate the player from the rest of the team, to identify the closest contacts and isolate them, to clear the matter and gather information.” Local health officials in Düsseldorf were in contact with German football authorities.

The Germany team is due to travel to its tournament base in Herzogenaurach in Bavaria on Tuesday.

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The team will play its three group games and a potential quarterfinal in Munich, starting against World Cup champion France on June 15.

The Germans will then play European champion Portugal on June 19 and Hungary on June 23.

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