La Liga Leader Real Madrid Hit By COVID-19: Courtois, Valverde, Camavinga And Vinicius Positive

JAKARTA - Four Real Madrid players namely Thibaut Courtois, Federico Valverde, Eduardo Camavinga and Vinicius Jr have tested positive for COVID-19.

The La Liga club are scheduled to return to action on January 2 when they travel to Getafe at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez.

In a statement on the club's official website, Real Madrid announced that the four players had contracted the coronavirus and would miss the La Liga match.

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Carlo Ancelotti's side are now top of the table with 46 points from 19 games, eight ahead of second-placed Sevilla with a game in hand.

Quoted from Antara, Thursday, Real Madrid previously had several players who tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month including Luka Modric, Rodrygo, Marco Asensio, Gareth Bale, Marcelo, Andriy Lunin, Isco and David Alaba.

Rivals Barcelona are also facing the COVID-19 outbreak in their squad so Ousmane Dembele, Samuel Umtiti and Gavi will miss Sunday's trip to Real Mallorca.

Clement Lenglet, Dani Alves, Jordi Alba and Alejandro Balde also tested positive for COVID this week.