French Ligue 1 champions, Paris Saint Germain (PSG) have announced that three of their players have tested positive for COVID-19.
The league champions that lost the opportunity of winning their first UEFA Champions League title on Sunday, August 23, 2020, after falling 1-0 in the hands of German Bundesliga champions, Bayern Munich, in the finals of the competition, have been on a break from football since the end of the Champions League campaign.
Since most of the players have been holidaying across the world, they had to be tested for COVID-19 before they were allowed to resume for pre-season training ahead of the commencement of their 2020-2021 French Ligue 1 season.
Though the league has started almost two weeks ago, PSG players and coaching crew were given extra weeks to rest from the stress of the Champions League and to prepare for the new season.
They were regrouping in batches ahead of their first match which is scheduled for September 10 against Lens before their three players returned positive after the PCR test conducted on all the playing and non-playing members of the club.
“Three Paris Saint-Germain players have confirmed positive Sars CoV2 tests and are subject to the appropriate health protocol”, PSG published on their official website on Wednesday.
“All of the players and coaching staff will continue to undergo tests in the coming days.”
As of the time of publishing this report, the club was yet to disclose the names of the players that tested positive for the virus, and no player from the club had made his COVID-19 status public.
Three @PSG_English players are confirmed positive after a Sars CoV2 test and have undergone the appropriate health protocols.
— Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_English) September 2, 2020
All players and staff will continue to be tested over the next few days.
PSG became the champions of the 2019-2020 French Ligue 1 season after the season was canceled with at least 12 matches left to play. The league governing body in France decided to cancel the season due to the coronavirus pandemic that forced football to a halt in March 2020.
In the 2020-2021 season, the League champions are expected to start their campaign against Lens on September 10 and end it with Brest on 23 May 2021.
Below are Paris Saint Germain’s French Ligue 1 fixtures for 2020-2021 season
Lens vs PARIS
10 September 2020 – 21:00
PARIS vs Marseille
13 September 2020 – 21:00
PARIS vs Metz
16 September 2020 – 19:00
Nice vs PARIS
20 September 2020 – 13:00
Reims vs PARIS
27 September 2020 – 21:00
PARIS vs Angers
2 October 2020 – 21:00
Nîmes vs PARIS
18 October 2020 – 20:00
PARIS vs Dijon
25 October 2020 – 20:00
Nantes vs PARIS
1 November 2020 – 20:00
PARIS vs Rennes
8 November 2020 – 20:00
Monaco vs PARIS
22 November 2020 – 20:00
PARIS vs Bordeaux
29 November 2020 – 20:00
Montpellier vs PARIS
6 December 2020 – 20:00
PARIS vs Lyon
13 December 2020 – 20:00
PARIS vs Lorient
16 December 2020 – 20:00
Lille vs PARIS
20 December 2020 – 20:00
PARIS vs Strasbourg
23 December 2020 – 20:00
Saint-Étienne vs PARIS
6 January 2021 – 20:00
PARIS vs Brest
10 January 2021 – 20:00
Angers vs PARIS
20 January 2021 – 20:00
PARIS vs Montpellier
24 January 2021 – 20:00
Lorient vs PARIS
31 January 2021 – 20:00
PARIS vs Nîmes
3 February 2021 – 20:00
Marseille vs PARIS
7 February 2021 – 20:00
PARIS vs Nice
14 February 2021 – 20:00
PARIS vs Monaco
21 February 2021 – 20:00
Dijon vs PARIS
28 February 2021 – 20:00
Bordeaux vs PARIS
7 March 2021 – 20:00
PARIS vs Nantes
14 March 2021 – 20:00
Lyon vs PARIS
21 March 2021 – 20:00
PARIS vs Lille
4 April 2021 – 20:00
Strasbourg vs PARIS
11 April 2021 – 20:00
PARIS vs Saint-Étienne
18 April 2021 – 20:00
Metz vs PARIS
25 April 2021 – 20:00
PARIS vs Lens
2 May 2021 – 20:00
Rennes vs PARIS
9 May 2021 – 20:00
PARIS vs Reims
16 May 2021 – 20:00
Brest vs PARIS
23 May 2021 – 20:00
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