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Angel Correa and injured defender Sime Vrsjalko tested positive during the latest round of tests at Atlético Madrid.
Angel Correa and injured defender Sime Vrsjalko tested positive during the latest round of tests at Atlético Madrid. Photograph: Javier Barbancho/Reuters
Angel Correa and injured defender Sime Vrsjalko tested positive during the latest round of tests at Atlético Madrid. Photograph: Javier Barbancho/Reuters

Atlético Madrid clear for Champions League tie despite positive Covid tests

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  • Angel Correa and Sime Vrsjalko isolating at home
  • Atlético face RB Leipzig in Lisbon on Thursday

Atlético Madrid will return to training later on Monday before their trip to the Champions League last eight tournament in Lisbon the club said in a statement.

The club’s morning session was postponed and plans to travel to the Portuguese capital put on hold after two players tested positive for the virus on Sunday.

But the club said that the rest of the squad tested negative, and as such, Diego Simeone’s side would fly out to Lisbon on Tuesday – without forward Angel Correa and injured defender Sime Vrsjalko, who were isolating at home after testing positive for the virus but were both asymptomatic.

Atlético face German side RB Leipzig on Thursday in the quarter-finals, hoping to set up a last-four meeting with Paris St Germain or Atalanta.

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