Dybala apologises for breaking Covid-19 rules at house party
Juventus forward Paulo Dybala on Thursday apologised for breaking Covid-19 rules by attending a house party with teammates Weston McKennie and Arthur Melo.
The Juventus trio were reported to have been fined by police who were called by neighbours to the lockdown get-together at US midfielder McKennie’s Turin home.
“I know that in such a difficult time for the world with COVID it would have been better not to make a mistake, but I was wrong to stay out for dinner,” Argentine forward Dybala wrote in a post on Instagram.
“It wasn’t a party, but I made a mistake anyway and I apologise.”
The three players, who all missed international call-ups with injuries, could also face club sanctions but no decision had yet been made on the matter, a club source said.
The Italian champions have had new coronavirus positives this week after the return of their international players.
Centre-back Leonardo Bonucci tested positive on Thursday after returning from Italy duty.
“Bonucci underwent a test for Covid-19 which came back positive,” Juventus said in a statement.
“The player has already been placed in home isolation.”
The individual was isolated and returned to Italy where a test was positive, and three other officials tested positive in Vilnius.
Meanwhile, Sassuolo said that their four Italy internationals Gian
Marco Ferrari, Manuel Locatelli, Domenico Berardi and Francesco Caputo will not play against Roma “as a precaution” this weekend despite their negative tests.
Sassuolo’s Turkish defender Kaan Ayhan contracted the virus with his national side becoming the seventh player at the club infected this season.
Other Italian internationals tested negative on their return home with Napoli confirming Lorenzo Insigne, Alex Meret and Giovanni Di Lorenzo had all been given the all-clear on Thursday.
Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was also negative.
Inter Milan’s three Italy internationals Nicolo Barella, Stefano Sensi and Alessandro Bastoni trained individually on Thursday while awaiting their results.
Bologna’s Polish goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski had also tested positive.