The Hague, Holland.- With the return of the teams to the activity due to FIFA date, some teams from the different leagues of the world disagreed to lend to their players for fear that they would be infected by the coronavirus, this is what happened to Ajax de la Eredivisie after it became known that his goalkeeper André Onana was infected while concentrating with Cameroon.The Cameroonian international André Onana, who passed coVID-19 in early August, has tested positive for coronavirus again and is low for the friendly playing against Japan in the city of Utrecht on Friday, his country’s federation reported today.
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Midfielder Pierre Kundé has also tested positive and quarantined Moumi Ngamaleu, federation doctor William Ngatchou said at a press appearance.
The two infections had to occur during Cameroon’s concentration in the Netherlands “because all footballers came here with negative PCRs” last Monday, the doctor explained. With the four-player casualties, Cameroon will only have 17 troops for tomorrow’s friendly against Japan. It is to be seen whether the reinfection affects the goalkeeper’s title in Ajax’s first Champions League match, which faces Liverpool at Johan Cruyff Arena on 21 October.
André Onana during an Ajax/EFE training
Since the Amsterdam club the news has been received with surprise, as André Onana was one of thirteen affected in the COVID-19 outbreak that the club suffered in early August, reported the most read newspaper in the Netherlands, “De Telegraaf”. Ajax had banned their other African players – Noussair Mazraoui, Zakaria Labyad, Mohammed Kudus and Lassina Traoré – from concentrating with their respective selections because it would have led to trips to countries with a high rate of contagion and would therefore then have to quarantine.
However, André Onana received the green light because cameroon’s concentration takes place in the Dutch city of Utrecht.André Onana at the start of the Eredivisie, has taken over Ajax’s goal in the four days that have been played so far keeping his goal imbatida twice, in addition to having made 11 tackles.
