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Watch: Morata has 3 goals called back for offside against Barca

Alvaro Morata can’t catch a break right now.

The Juventus forward had three goals chalked off during Wednesday’s Champions League match against Barcelona, being ruled offside by the slimmest of margins on all three occasions.

Morata has recently had goals nullified by VAR in Serie A, too. As the saying goes, if he didn’t have bad luck, he’d have none at all.

NFL

Source: Vikings' Davis tests positive for COVID-19

EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings placed Todd Davis on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Friday after the veteran linebacker tested positive for the coronavirus, a league source told ESPN.

Davis was the second Vikings player this week to go on the reserve/COVID-19 list; the team designated rookie cornerback Cameron Dantzler on Wednesday. It remains unclear whether Dantzler has COVID-19 or came into close contact with someone infected with the virus.

The Vikings are now in intensive league protocols, according to coach Mike Zimmer, who said the team can still have walk-throughs, practices and virtual meetings.

Dantzler did not show up on the final injury report, so his status for Sunday’s game in Green Bay is in question. If not positive for COVID-19 or a high-risk contact, the rookie would need two negative test results taken within 24 hours of each other to be eligible to play.

Soccer

Ronaldo cleared of COVID-19, expected to return Sunday vs. Spezia

Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo has recovered from COVID-19 after more than two weeks in quarantine, the club confirmed Friday.

The 35-year-old is now expected to rejoin his teammates ahead of Sunday’s Serie A match against newly promoted Spezia.

However, he may have to wait a bit longer to return to play in the Champions League. UEFA rules stipulate that a player must return a negative test result at least a week before a European match. Juventus face Hungarian side Ferencvaros next Wednesday.

Ronaldo initially tested positive Oct. 13 while on international duty with Portugal, reporting no symptoms. He returned to Italy a day later to self-isolate at his home in Turin.

Italy’s sports minister, Vincenzo Spadafora, said Ronaldo had broken the country’s COVID-19 protocol by joining his international teammates in the first place. Juventus said their first team had entered “fiduciary isolation” days Oct. 3, just before the international break, after two members of the club’s non-playing staff tested positive for COVID-19.

Juventus and Ronaldo denied Spadafora’s claims, saying they followed health regulations.

Ronaldo missed four matches for Juventus, including the 2-0 loss to Lionel Messi and Barcelona in midweek Champions League action.

NFL

Sources: Minshew has multiple thumb fractures

X-rays taken this week revealed that Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Gardner Minshew has multiple fractures and a strained ligament in his right thumb, league sources told ESPN.

Minshew has had discomfort in his thumb since Jacksonville’s Oct. 11 game at Houston, a source told ESPN. He did not tell the team about the pain until after the last game, a 39-29 loss to the Chargers, which led to a postgame X-ray in Los Angeles.

The Jaguars (1-6) didn’t know about Minshew’s injury until this week, per sources.

It is uncertain whether Minshew will be able to play when Jacksonville returns from its bye to host the Texans.

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