Daniele De Rossi was diagnosed with Covid last week and in the last few hours her image has been complicated due to pneumonia, so her hospitalization was decided.
Daniele De Rossi, former Boca footballer, who was infected with coronavirus, suffered respiratory problems in the last hours and was hospitalized in Spallanzani, Rome.
According to various Italian media, the contagion of the 2006 world champion from Germany, who had just joined the national team as Roberto Mancini’s field assistant, took place last week along with three other members of the Azzurra team, who had just participated in the triple round. of UEFA qualifiers on the way to the 2022 Qatar World Cup in matches against Northern Ireland, Bulgaria and Lithuania.
The 37-year-old former player showed some breathing problems on Thursday and was hospitalized at night. In principle, the diagnosis would indicate a pneumonia that is also controlled.
A total of eight Italian footballers have been infected with COVID-19 in the last week: Matteo Pessina, Leonardo Bonucci, Alessandro Florenzi, Federico Bernardeschi, Marco Verratti, Vincenzo Grifo, Alessio Cragno and Salvatore Sirigu. About 20 members of the 80-member Azzurra delegation contracted the disease.
After retiring from football last year at the end of his time at Boca Juniors, De Rossi decided to start a career as a coach and, pending the obtaining of the coaching card of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), joined Mancini’s collaborators with the objectives set at the beginning of the qualifying phase of Qatar 2022 and the European Championship next June.
After being introduced as a consolation to Italy’s coaching staff last month, De Rossi said: “I am proud to start this new career with the national team and I thank both President Gravina and Manager Mancini for their trust and opportunity. It will be interesting to go back to Coverciano (camp), which for me means going home and finding a lot of former teammates and friends in the team and in the group. I can’t wait to start. “
The Italian national team won its first three appearances and settled in Group C of the playoffs heading to the World Cup next year. The next matches will be in September: Thursday 2/9 against Bulgaria, Sunday 5/9 against Switzerland and Wednesday 8/9 against Lithuania. Before (in June) he will face Eurocup, in which he integrates group A together with Turkey, Wales and Switzerland (all his presentations will be in Rome).
De Rossi, born in 1983, spent almost his entire career in Rome, from which he inherited the captain’s armband after the retirement of Francesco Totti and joined the Boca Juniors team in the 2019-2020 season.
In Argentina he played seven games and scored a goal.
In his career, De Rossi won the 2006 World Cup in Germany, with the team then coached by Marcello Lippi. He also reached the Euro 2012 final, lost against Spain.