AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli tests positive for COVID-19

Stefano Pioli, head coach of Serie A club AC Milan, has tested positive for novel coronavirus, the club has informed. Pioli is asymptomatic and currently at home quarantine.

"AC Milan announces that Stefano Pioli has tested positive following a quick test carried out this morning. The health authorities have been informed, and the coach, who is currently showing no symptoms, has gone into quarantine at home," AC Milan said in a statement.

"All other tests carried out by the squad and staff came back negative. As a result, today's training session has been cancelled. Training ahead of the match with Napoli will resume on Monday, subject to the checks set out in the federal protocol," it added. Earlier, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Daniel Maldini, Matteo Gabbia and Leo Duarte of AC Milan had also been diagnosed with Covid-19.