Euro 2020: Scotland's Fleck out of Euro warmup after testing positive for COVID-19

EURO 2020: John Fleck returned the positive test at the Scottish team's base camp in Spain and was self-isolating in line with Spanish government guidelines, the Scottish FA said in a statement on Tuesday.

Published : Jun 01, 2021 19:40 IST , Budapest

John Fleck's positive test means he might also miss Scotland's final European Championship warm-up match against Luxembourg on Sunday.
John Fleck's positive test means he might also miss Scotland's final European Championship warm-up match against Luxembourg on Sunday.
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John Fleck's positive test means he might also miss Scotland's final European Championship warm-up match against Luxembourg on Sunday.

Scotland midfielder John Fleck will miss the side's friendly international against the Netherlands on Wednesday after testing positive for COVID-19, the Scottish FA said.

Fleck returned the positive test at the Scottish team's base camp in Spain and was self-isolating in line with Spanish government guidelines, the Scottish FA said in a statement on Tuesday.

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"The rest of the squad was retested for COVID-19 and returned negative results today," the statement added.

The positive test means Fleck might also miss Scotland's final European Championship warm-up match against Luxembourg on Sunday.

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Scotland opens its Euro 2020 Group D campaign against Czech Republic on June 14. England and Croatia are the other teams in the group.

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