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Recent reports claimed Liverpool’s Naby Keïta was one of the
players who had tested positive.
The Guinean national team has today announced that their planned
international friendly against Gambia set to take place this
evening in Portugal has been cancelled due to a large number of
positive tests for coronavirus leaving them unable to name a full
squad.
Such is the current state of the team that the Fédération Guinéenne de Football say that at
the moment they could not even field a full 11 players, with just
eight outfielders and one goalkeeper in the squad not having
returned a positive test in recent days.
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Over the weekend, reports out of Guinea suggested that Liverpool midfielder Naby Keïta was amongst
five national team players who had tested positive. While there has
been no official confirmation of his status, the total numbers have
clearly increased since then.
At the time of the initial reports of positive tests, there were
further suggestions that the Guinean national team had not been
fully adhering to coronavirus protocols while in Faro for their
friendly against Cape Verde that took place on Saturday.