Rugan's girlfriend recounts the horror and fear of the Coronavirus: I was pregnant.

Michela Persisco, girlfriend of Juventu defender Daniele Rugan, spoke about the fear she felt after receiving the choreography while she was pregnant.

Rugan was one of the first high profile football players to test positive for Covid-19, with Perisco showing soft symptoms in early March.

Both have now fully recovered and are aware that they had the fate of having only mild symptoms, but Perisco says that unknown factors about the virus strengthened her fears, conveyed the news.

I'm fine now, but fortunately I've only had mild symptoms: loss of wind and taste, fever, fatigue. Compared to many others, Danielle and I were very lucky”, Perisco told Tutosport.

The biggest issue was the fear of this pregnancy and being alone, seeing that Danielle was also sick and isolated, not to mention concern for my family”.

My parents in Bergamo told me they constantly heard ambulance sirens on the streets and nothing else. This was still the beginning of March”.

The day I discovered that Danielle had tested positive, I just assumed I was also. I immediately thought of how this could affect the child. It was the new virus, I didn't know much, I was afraid of the consequences of”, Perisco said.