Israeli soccer star Eran Zahavi says he’s feeling fine after Dutch club PSV Eindhoven announced he tested positive for the coronavirus.
“After succeeding in escaping from this since January, now I am also positive for coronavirus,” Zahavi writes on Instagram.
He also criticizes the Israeli national team’s testing policy and efforts to prevent the spread of COVID among members of the squad.
“If we reached a situation in which inside this capsule there are four people who we were in daily contact with, what are the chance there won’t be others,” Zahavi says, referring to other members of the national team who tested positive.
Zahavi says despite twice testing negative, “I felt something wasn’t right” and that he felt “weak and tired” during the game Wednesday against Slovakia.
“I can only understand that there’s no justification for the tests, they can’t prevent anything and we see it in several national squads and [club] teams,” he says.
Israeli national team player Eran Zahavi celebrates a goal during the Euro 2020 qualifying football match between Israel and Austria at the Sammy Ofer Stadium, in Haifa, on March 24, 2019. (Roy Alima/ Flash90)
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