Italy’s De Rossi in hospital after positive virus test

<p>ROME &mdash; Italy assistant coach Daniele De Rossi was admitted to an infectious diseases hospital with pneumonia symptoms after testing positive for the coronavirus.</p>
<p>De Rossi, a player on the Italy team that won the 2006 World Cup and a former Roma captain, was one of four Azzurri staff members to contract COVID-19 during recent World Cup qualifiers.</p>
<p>The 37-year-old De Rossi was in stable condition at Lazzaro Spallanzani Hospital in Rome, the Italian soccer federation said on Friday.</p>
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<a href="https://apnews.com/article/international-soccer-soccer-italy-world-cup-coronavirus-pandemic-9ed064ced760bcd25f7f4b692334a032">Eight Italy players also tested positive</a> after returning from international duty.</p>
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<a href="https://apnews.com/article/international-soccer-italy-world-cup-daniele-de-rossi-roberto-mancini-c83d865e3be2f783d03359f7bfda25ad">De Rossi was hired</a> by Italy coach Roberto Mancini last month.</p>
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