Real Madrid's players take part in a training session at the club's training ground in Valdebebas in the outskirts of Madrid on Feb 29, 2020 on the eve of the Spanish League football match between Real Madrid and Barcelona. (JAVIER SORIANO / AFP)
MADRID - The Real Madrid first team squad reported to the club's Valdebebas training ground on Wednesday morning to undergo medical tests before resuming training.
The players arrived in small groups in order to facilitate social distancing to undertake both PCR tests (which discovers if the coronavirus is active in the body) and anti-body tests which can show if a person has been infected and recovered from the coronavirus.
The players will start training on an individual basis later this week and should be able to train in small groups from May 11
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Once the test results are known and it is confirmed there are no positives, the players will then move to the residency at Valdebebas where they will remain isolated in order to assure there is no risk of infection from outside.
The players will start training on an individual basis later this week and should be able to train in small groups from May 11.
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Given that the remaining 11 games of the La Liga season are to be played behind closed doors, the team will play in the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium which is inside the Valdebebas complex.
FC Barcelona's players are also being tested for COVID-19 on Wednesday, along with other teams in Spain, while Levante's squad was tested on Tuesday.