Daniele De Rossi was diagnosed with Covid last week and in the last hours his picture had been complicated by pneumonia, so it was decided to hospitalize.
Daniele De Rossi, a former Boca football player who was infected with the coronavirus, had respiratory problems in recent hours and was hospitalized in Spallanzani, Rome.
According to various Italian media, the contamination of the 2006 World Champion took place in Germany, who had just joined the national team as field assistant to Roberto Mancini, last week along with three other members of the Azzurra squad, who had just participated in the triple round . of the UEFA qualifiers heading for the Qatar World Cup in 2022 in matches against Northern Ireland, Bulgaria and Lithuania.
The 37-year-old ex-player showed some breathing problems on Thursday and was hospitalized at night. In principle, the diagnosis would indicate pneumonia that is also under control.
In total, eight Italian footballers have been infected with COVID-19 in the past week: Matteo Pessina, Leonardo Bonucci, Alessandro Florenzi, Federico Bernardeschi, Marco Verratti, Vincenzo Grifo, Alessio Cragno and Salvatore Sirigu. About 20 members of the Azzurra delegation, made up of 80 people, contracted the disease.
After retiring last year at the end of his time at Boca Juniors, De Rossi decided to embark on a career as a coach and, while waiting to get the Italian Football Association’s (FIGC) coach card, he joined the employees of the Mancini with his eyes on the start of the qualifying phase to Qatar 2022 and the European Championship in June.
After being introduced last month as a reinforcement of Italy’s technical staff, De Rossi had said: “I am proud to start this new career with the national team and thank both President Gravina and Manager Mancini for the confidence and opportunity. . It will be exciting to go back to Coverciano (training camp), which for me means going home and finding many former teammates and friends in the squad and in the group. I can’t wait to get started ”.
The Italian national team won the first three games and settled in Group C of the Playoffs en route to the World Cup next year. Their next matches are in September: Thursday 2/9 against Bulgaria, Sunday 5/9 against Switzerland and Wednesday 8/9 against Lithuania. Prior (in the month of June), he will compete against the Eurocup, integrating Group A along with Turkey, Wales and Switzerland (all of his presentations will be in Rome).
Born in 1983, De Rossi spent almost his entire career with Roma, inheriting the captaincy of Francesco Totti’s retirement, and joining Boca Juniors 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 trained by Marcello Lippi. He also reached the final of Euro 2012, losing to Spain.