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'He touched the ENTIRE Turkish team': Fans hit out as Croatia star Vida is hauled off at half-time over positive Covid test
Shocked fans have blasted the latest dubious round of international football fixtures as pointless and greedy after another coronavirus fiasco, resulting in Croatia's Domagoj Vida playing 45 minutes against Turkey with Covid-19.
Croatia were taking part in an essentially meaningless match in Turkey as part of the latest round of exhaustive international friendlies, which have seen players travel thousands of miles for non-competitive games in the middle of domestic seasons that have already been forced into hectic scheduling as a result of the pandemic.
Captain Vida posed arm-in-arm with Real Madrid midfielder and former Ballon d'Or winner Luka Modric on the pitch, touched members of the Turkey team and completed 45 minutes before learning that he may have tested positive for Covid-19.
An official statement by the Croatian Football Federation revealed that medical staff had only been tipped off about Vida's "suspicious" result during the interval in Istanbul.
Croatia's defender Domagoj Vida started yesterday against Turkey, played the first 45 minutes and was subbed off at half-time...Guess why? He received his COVID-19 result at half-time and it came back positive.
