Cristiano Ronaldo has returned a second negative coronavirus test but will not start Sunday’s game against Spezia, Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo said on the eve of the match.
“The negative result of the second swab has also arrived, so today Cristiano Ronaldo will be called up to the team,” said Pirlo.
“He is fine and has been training individually this morning. I don’t think he will start from the beginning, we will see how it goes tomorrow.”
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner has missed four games for Juventus including the midweek Champions League defeat against Barcelona.
But the 35-year-old will travel with the team to Cesena on the Adriatic coast, where Ligurian club Spezia are playing their home games as their Stadio Picco is modernised for their first season in the top flight.
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