Luka Milivojevic: Crystal Palace captain to miss Serbia’s Euro 2020 play-off with Scotland after positive Covid-19 test
Written by News on 12/11/2020
Luka Milivojevic has tested positive for coronavirus and will miss Serbia’s Euro 2020 play-off with Scotland on Thursday night.
The Crystal Palace captain tested positive on Monday and also tested positive in a follow-up test on Tuesday and is self-isolating in Serbia.
He is the third Serbian player to test positive for coronavirus in the build-up after West Brom defender Branislav Ivanovic and Sassuolo’s Filip Djuricic tested positive.
The rest of the Serbia squad tested negative and are clear to face Scotland at the Red Star Stadium in Belgrade for a place at next summer’s delayed-Euro 2020.
A Serbian FA statement read: “After regular testing on COVID-19, performed on Monday upon the arrival of representative team players to the Sports Center of the Serbian FA in Stara Pazova the result for captain of Crystal Palace Milivojević came up positive.
“In accordance with UEFA medical regulations and protocols, Luka Milivojević left the sports center immediately after receiving the result and remained in Serbia in self-isolation at home.
“The day after he has undergone another control test, which also came up positive. He will stay in Serbia in accordance with current laws of the Republic of Serbia related with the COVID-19 pandemic.
“All the players and technical staff members of the A team had negative results after additional testing, hence all the other representative players are available to the coach Ljubiša Tumbaković for tonight’s game vs. Scotland.”
It has been a disruptive week for Serbia as they prepare to face Steve Clarke’s side. There were doubts whether Serbia’s Italy-based players would be allowed to join up with the squad.
Aleksandar Kolarov (Inter Milan), Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), Nikola Milenkovic and Dusan Vlahovic (both Fiorentina) all managed to travel.
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