Milan striker Ibrahimovic tests positive for COVID-19
MILAN — Zlatan Ibrahimovic tested positive for the coronavirus Thursday, and he reacted to the news as only he can.
The AC Milan striker said he was positive a day after testing negative for COVID-19.
“I tested negative to Covid yesterday and positive today. No symptoms what so ever. Covid had the courage to challenge me. Bad idea,” Ibrahimovic wrote on Twitter. Ibrahimovic was to miss Milan’s Europa League soccer match against Norwegian club Bodø/glimt on Thursday and the Serie A match at Crotone on Sunday.
All Milan players underwent a second round of testing Wednesday after defender Leo Duarte was found to be positive for COVID-19 following tests the previous day. “Zlatan Ibrahimovic has tested positive for COVID-19 following a second round of swab tests ahead of tonight’s game against Bodø/ Glimt,” Milan said in a statement. “The club has informed the relevant authorities and the player has been promptly placed in quarantine at home. All other team members and staff have tested negative.”
Ibrahimovic, 38, has scored three goals in Milan’s first two matches this season, in the Europa League and Serie A.
The Swedish forward set up an online fundraiser in March to help hospitals at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak in Italy. In a video message, he said: “And remember, if the virus don’t go to Zlatan, Zlatan goes to the virus.”