Honduras Football Federationit was confirmed this Saturday afternoon that the striker Good view from Portugal, Jorge Benguché, is the positive player of coronavirus within the selected ones.
In the rigorous tests conducted this Friday, two days before the duel against Greece in Thessaloniki, the gunner of Honduras and exOlimpia he was diagnosed with the Chinese virus, which completely rules him out for the match against the Greeks.
“Fenafuth hereby confirms that player Jorge Benguché has been positive and asymptomatic in PCR. The necessary protocols and care are being followed, and a new test will be performed tomorrow to confirm the result,” he confirmed. Fenafuth.
Morning TEN has been alerted in a positive case in the Honduran delegation from Thessaloniki and, in addition, the Greek media also echoed, without giving initial names.
Jorge Benguché He was isolated in a hotel room and will stay there as long as they perform several tests and seem negative, in the meantime he can’t go out and share it with anyone else.
It was also known that the authorities in Honduras Football Federation They will wait for new controls because they do not want the virus to spread and infect more players in Honduras national team.
According to information from the Greek press, because it is only a positive case, the match does not risk being suspended, as the local team is focusing on its elimination match against Georgia next Wednesday and dealing with the health issue. Honduras and Greece collide this Sunday at 8:00 in the morning.
POSITIVE IN PAST GAMES
Previously in the friendly that Honduras disputed before Nicaragua and Guatemala in 2020, the striker Antony “Choco” Lozano He was positive and had to remain isolated in the Central American country and was able to travel until a week later. Spain to join Cadiz already with the virus out of the body.
At the club level, Javier Portillo and Edrick menjivar, before a game of CONCACAF League get in Olympics and Alajuelense, they both had to stay inside Costa Rica after obtaining positive results from Covid-19.