Emmanuel Gigliotti played the final with COVID | Football24 News English

Emmanuel gigliotti, forward of Lion, accepted that he played the second leg final of the Guard1anes 2020 before Pumas infected with COVID-19. The Argentine striker, who scored two goals to ensure the title of the Bajío, also stated that he did not know it was positive.

“I played the second final without knowing it, infected, because the next day I was going to Argentina, I did the PCR that they asked me in Argentina and it gives me positive and it means that the final I played with the bug,” he told TyC Sports.

Emmanuel Gigliotti opened the scoring just in the 12th minute with a strong shoe, in the second leg of the final. Imago7

The ‘Puma’ was sincere in the conversation with the Argentine media and said that he did not know that he was positive until he was tested to go to his native country. Nevertheless, Lion and the Liga MX they did not report the case of the ram in the previous week.

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Similarly, Gigliotti said that he is happy to be with the Panzas Verdes and help the title with the tying goal in the first game, as well as the one that opened the scoring in the second leg.

“In June I came here and I got to the team that played the best. We meet first and then the league. I was lucky to arrive and cooperate with two goals to become champion, ”added the South American.