France midfielder Adrien Rabiot will not be able to participate in the Nations League final, tomorrow against Spain in Milan. This was announced by the French Football Federation, informing that the Juventus midfielder tested positive at Covid-19 and has already been placed in isolation. The 1995 class should have reached Milan with his team mates to complete the work in view of the final at 20.45 tomorrow at the Meazza, instead he remained in Turin.
According to reports from the French newspaper l’Equipe, the news of the Frenchman’s positivity came from the meeting of the transalpine national team, with which he had played 75 minutes and won the semifinal against Belgium in Turin on Thursday evening.
According to the rules of the tournament, which will end tomorrow with the Italy-Belgium “final” in Turin and the match in Milan, Rabiot cannot be replaced. Given Deschamps’ latest choices, Monaco midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni is thought to be the main candidate for a starting shirt tomorrow night.
In the league, Juve is expected to restart in the postponement on Sunday evening against Roma, followed by the Champions League trip to St. Petersburg against Zenit on Wednesday 20. However, Rabiot will have to wait to become negative before rejoining the Juventus group led by Massimiliano Allegri.