Is Daniele Rugani the first athlete in Italy to Test Positive for coronavirus?

Juventus, Daniele Rugani has been diagnosed with COVID-19 by the Italian team and this would mean a 14-day quarantine for him and his teammates, and could lead to transformative changes in the European soccer schedule.

The 25-year-old defender Daniele Rugani, is believed to be the first athlete in Italy’s top division to test positive. The team said in a statement that Rugani was “currently asymptomatic,” but that the club was following isolation procedures required by law for him and anyone who has had contact with him.

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Rugani is not the first player in Europe to test positive for the disease, a German team, Hannover 96, confirmed earlier on Wednesday that one of its players had tested positive and was in isolation — but the implications for Juventus, and for European soccer, could be far more severe.