Soccer-PSG's Florenzi tests positive for COVID-19, to miss Bayern game

Paris St Germain defender Alessandro Florenzi has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss their Champions League quarter-final first leg at Bayern Munich, the French club said on Monday.

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Ligue 1 - Lille v Paris St Germain - Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille, France - December 20, 2020 Paris St Germain's Alessandro Florenzi REUTERS/Pascal RossignolREUTERS: Paris St Germain defender Alessandro Florenzi has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss their Champions League quarter-final first leg at Bayern Munich, the French club said on Monday.

Florenzi's team mate and fellow Italy international Marco Verratti is also out of Wednesday's game in Munich after testing positive on Friday.In France, a positive test for the novel coronavirus triggers a mandatory 10-day quarantine. PSG tweeted https://twitter.com/PSG_inside/status/1378974619277914112 that Florenzi had been self-isolating for a few days as a precaution and would continue to do so as per health protocols.

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