‘It’s a total lockdown,’- states AC Milan shot stopper

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AC Milan’s first-choice goalkeeper, Asmir Begovic who is from AFC Bournemouth spending his life in Italy painted the dark picture of the current situation Italy where they are experiencing the lockdown due to coronavirus outbreak. The Italian city, Milan is under total lockdown at the moment and the government is struggling day and night to stop the widespread of deadly coronavirus which has taken the lives of close to 2000 people.

In Italy, which is badly affected due to the pandemic coronavirus outbreak, Milan is the worst affected place. Apart from that, Milan is considered as the worst affected city across Europe. Talking about the lockdown situation in Italy, Milan loanee, Asmir Begovic told:

Talking to standard English outlet, The Mirror, Begovic said:

It’s a total lockdown,’ 

“The streets are deserted. The only thing open are supermarkets. You can get a little bit of food and then it’s straight back to your home. It’s crazy.

‘It’s a big city, I live in the city and you think it’s a movie. People have said it’s like a movie scene and it really is. I’ve never seen anything like it before. I’m not sure people understand how bad it is here.”

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He also said that Italy is affected very badly and he also doesn’t know about the reason. He assumed that the lack of medical facilities have hit the country hard while they are fighting the COVID-19 outbreak.

“It’s hit Italy very hard. What the reason is for that I don’t know – maybe the medicine side of things.

But it’s hit the country hard. You feel for the country, with a lot of deaths and people being infected. It’s devastating and heartbreaking for the people.

‘Now you see other clubs, fellow players getting it and it feels like a nightmare and you can only hope that everything goes back to normal as soon as possible.”

Apart from the statements made by the player, seven players are affected due to the outbreak which has widespread throughout the country. Bianconeri player, Daniele Rugani was the first player of the Italian top tier who tested positive for the coronavirus. Apart from Rugani, Omar Colley, Albin Ekdal, Antonio La Gumina, Manolo Gabbiadini, Morten Thorsby and Dusan Vlahovic have been tested positive which has led to the suspension of Serie A 2019-20. This has made Asmir Begovic describe the situation as a “waiting game” and said that the dark clouds are all over the resumption of services in Italy.

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On the other hand, in Spanish top-tier, Ezequiel Garay becomes the first-ever La Liga player to test positive for the novel coronavirus. The league has been suspended for two weeks after Real Madrid started self-isolation. The Valencia player revealed that he is one of the five members of Valencia squad to get infected. Though the player didn’t trave alongside the squad to Italy for the Europa League game, he has been infected.

The virus outbreak is testing times for football and its fans. Sportzcraazy wishes everyone’s safety. Keep following the site for more updates.