{"id":737888,"date":"2022-01-06T16:59:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T16:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/06\/aubameyang-tests-positive-for-coronavirus\/"},"modified":"2022-01-06T16:59:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T16:59:56","slug":"aubameyang-tests-positive-for-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/06\/aubameyang-tests-positive-for-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Aubameyang tests positive for coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/59611402.295.jpg\" alt=\"Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is the captain of the Gabonese national team\" title=\"Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is the captain of the Gabonese national team\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is the captain of the Gabonese national team<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p style=\"clear:right\" id=\"article-123\"><b>Aubameyang to miss Gabon&#8217;s first game against Comoros <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Lemina also tests positive for Coronavirus <\/p>\n<p>Gabon lost all two Pre-AFCON friendly games <\/p>\n<p>Gabonese national team captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has tested positive for Coronavirus upon arriving in Cameroon for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. <\/p>\n<p>Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang arrived in Cameroon with his teammates for the 33rd edition of the Cup of Nations in the early hours of Thursday, January 6, 2022. <\/p>\n<p>Gabon arrived in Cameroon after wrapping up their preparations for the tournament with two international friendly games against the Stallions of Burkina Faso and the Almoravids Mauritania. <\/p>\n<p>Aubameyang joined the Gabonese national team camp for the AFCON after being ousted as captain at the club level by Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta for &#8220;misconduct&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>News about Aubameyang&#8217;s Coronavirus test was reported by BBC World\/Africa TV presenter Piers Edwards in a Twitter post. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pierre-Emerick @Auba Aubameyang tests + for Covid upon arrival in Cameroon for #AFCON2021 Not hard to see how he might have been infected given video below of Gabon&#8217;s tournament&#8217; preparations&#8217; in Dubai.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>He added that former Juventus midfielder Mario Lemina has also tested positive for the Coronavirus and might miss Gabon&#8217;s first game against Comoros alongside Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Pierre-Emerick <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Auba?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Auba<\/a> Aubameyang tests + for Covid upon arrival in Cameroon for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFCON2021?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AFCON2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Not hard to see how he might have been infected given the video below of Gabon&#8217;s tournament&#8217; preparations&#8217; in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>Not just <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arsenal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Arsenal<\/a> striker but Lemina too.<\/p>\n<p>Gabon first game is Monday. https:\/\/t.co\/kvlvRNgSYx<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Piers Edwards (@piers_e) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/piers_e\/status\/1479039115618308097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is the captain of the Gabonese national team Aubameyang to miss Gabon&#8217;s first game against Comoros Lemina also tests positive for Coronavirus Gabon lost all two Pre-AFCON friendly games Gabonese national team captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has tested positive for Coronavirus upon arriving in Cameroon for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. 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