Juventus duo Matuidi, Rugani cleared of coronavirus

Juventus said Wednesday that French midfielder Blaise Matuidi and Italian defender Daniele Rugani had recovered from coronavirus after testing positive for it last month. Rugani was first Italian top-flight footballer diagsed with virus on March 11. World Cup winner Matuidi also tested positive for COVID-19 a few days later.

Juventus duo cleared of COVID

"Daniele Rugani and Blaise Matuidi underwent, as per protocol, a double check with diagstic tests (swabs) for Coronavirus-Covid 19. tests came back with negative results," club said in a statement.

" players have, refore, recovered and are longer subjected to home isolation regime." 

Juventus forward Paulo Dybala documented how he "struggled to brea" after coming down with virus on March 21, although club did t provide an update on Argentine. Dybala had said he was doing better late last month after displaying "strong symptoms".

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