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sports Diamars 3 November 2020

Ravens' Humphrey says he has virus; Packers also have 1 case

(AP) – Baltimore Ravens The NFL administers daily began to self-quarantine, and be conducted virtually. The been no positive test results
All-Pro cornerback Mar- testing, including game day our organization is now in player who tested positive has among players, coaches or
lon Humphrey says he and during bye weeks. Re- the NFL's intensive protocol. self-quarantined. staff members, the team de-
has the coronavirus, and sults of the tests generally cided to host meetings re-
several other NFL teams come in overnight. Tests tak- "In coordination with the This marks the first time motely to exercise the appro-
reported positive tests en the day before the game league, we have started the a Packers player has tested priate level of caution."
Monday, providing new determine if the player can process of contact tracing and positive during the season.
concerns for a league try- play on game day. are following the guidelines Green Bay (5-2) has a short The Houston Texans have
ing to complete a season of intensive protocol." week before playing at San had no other positive CO-
amid a pandemic. On game day, they have their Francisco (4-4) on Thursday VID-19 tests since one posi-
temperatures taken by con- Humphrey is a key player night. tive test forced the closure
The Green Bay Packers re- tactless thermometers, are on a Baltimore defense that of their facility during last
ported that a player tested screened for loss of smell or has forced a turnover in 20 The Browns, meanwhile, week's bye week.
positive for COVID-19, and taste and have other symp- straight games. He had four announced that they would
Arizona coach Kliff Kings- toms checked prior to en- tackles against Pittsburgh. conduct their football meet- Interim coach Romeo Cren-
bury confirmed that two tering the stadium, NFL Baltimore faces Indianapolis ings remotely on Monday. nel said the facility underwent
Cardinals tested positive over spokesman Brian McCarthy on the road this Sunday. a deep cleaning last week and
the weekend. said. Players and personnel The team said: "This morn- that operations were back to
also have to report any symp- The Steelers, after being ing, an active player who has normal on Monday as the
In addition, the Browns con- toms. made aware of a Baltimore not been in the facility today Texans returned to work to
ducted meetings remotely player testing positive, re- reported that he is experi- prepare for Sunday's game
Monday after a player re- That explains why players can leased a statement that said encing COVID-19 related against the Jacksonville Jag-
ported that he is experiencing play on Sunday, then have a the tests on their players all symptoms. While there have uars.
"COVID-19-related" symp- Sunday morning test come came back negative. The
toms. back positive on Monday. team said it would follow all
NFL protocols and take pre-
In a post on Twitter, Hum- The Ravens confirmed Mon- cautionary measures at its
phrey wrote: "I got the Rona day that a player tested posi- training complex.
hopefully I'll be back healthy tive for COVID-19, but did
soon." not release the name of the The Green Bay Packers on
individual. Monday also sent out a re-
Humphrey missed practice lease that said a player tested
last Wednesday with what the The statement read: "We positive. According to multi-
team described as an "illness" were informed early this ple reports, that player is run-
but returned Thursday and morning that a Ravens player ning back AJ Dillon.
played in Sunday's 28-24 loss has tested positive for CO- Packers officials said all play-
to Pittsburgh. VID-19. He immediately er meetings Monday would

Liverpool manager Klopp ready to see Atalanta up close

(AP) — Liverpool manager Jür- "I enjoyed the analyzing. I enjoyed because the crematorium couldn't season.
gen Klopp has enjoyed watching watching them because it's really in- keep up were beamed around the
Atalanta play on tape. He'll now teresting. In this life if you see some- world. "I take each year as on opportunity,"
get to see them up close. thing interesting you should try to Zapata said. "Last year I missed a lot
learn a little bit of it and that's what None of the Atalanta players left the of these matches because of injury so
The English champions will face Ata- we always try but in this case for sure city during one of the most severe now I'm making the most of this mo-
lanta in the Champions League on its possible for us." lockdowns in Europe, and they con- ment, this chance that I didn't have
Tuesday, only a few months after the stantly talked about bringing joy back last year because of the injury."
Italian club made a surprising run to Klopp said he has even more admira- to their supporters.
the quarterfinals in last season's com- tion for Atalanta after the way it dealt Liverpool leads Group D with six
petition. with returning to soccer following "We know how difficult last season points, two more than Atalanta and
the coronavirus-enforced shutdown, was for everyone and for sure in Ber- five more than Ajax. Midtjylland is
"Very good, very good. Top players, despite hailing from one of the cities gamo it wasn't easy, in the beginning last with zero points.
top recruitment, very, very well orga- in Italy worst-affected by the virus. for sure more difficult," Klopp said.
nized," Klopp said. "Play their system "They dealt with the situation, all Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini
with 100% conviction, they know ex- The small city of Bergamo was a hot- these things. They have all our re- expects Liverpool to finish at the top
actly what everyone has to do. They spot for COVID-19 cases and deaths, spect." of the group and for his team to battle
use the skills of the individuals in an and images of a convoy of military with Ajax — a surprise semifinalist
incredibly smart way. trucks driving coffins out of the city And it will be Bergamo, the city nes- two seasons ago — for the second
tled in the hills a short drive from qualifying spot.
Milan, that welcomes Liverpool.
After the double-header against Liv-
Atalanta played its Champions League erpool, Atalanta hosts Midtjylland
matches at the San Siro in Milan last before traveling to Amsterdam for the
season while Gewiss Stadium was be- final group match against Ajax.
ing renovated, but it has been given
clearance to use its own venue this "For us these next two matches against
year. Liverpool are fundamental," Gasperi-
The club came back from two goals ni said. "It's clear that we're facing the
down for a 2-2 draw against Ajax last strongest team in the group.
week in the first Champions League
match in Bergamo. "For us it's fundamental to get a result
in one or both of these matches to
Duván Zapata scored twice in that have an advantage over Ajax and get
match to take his tally to five goals in to the last match with a small advan-
10 Champions League matches, in- tage. That's the theory on paper but
cluding three in the two matches this then the matches have to be played."