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    Paulo Dybala of Juventus went to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia in December for the Italian Supercup match against Lazio. Here's a reminder. Getty Images
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    Cristiano Ronaldo arrives in Riyadh for the Italian Supercup game against Lazio. Getty
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    Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus arrives at Riyadh Airport, Saudi Arabia. Getty
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    Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus arrives at Riyadh Airport, Saudi Arabia. Getty
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    Gianluigi Buffon of Juventus arrives at Riyadh Airport, Saudi Arabia. Getty
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    Gonzalo Higuain of Juventus arrives at Riyadh Airport, Saudi Arabia. Getty Images
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    Miralem Pjanic of Juventus arrives at Riyadh Airport. Getty
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    Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri arrives at Riyadh Airport. Getty
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    Leonardo Bonucci of Juventus arrives
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    Ronaldo jumps above Sampdoria's Italian defender Nicola Murru to score his amazing header during the Italian Serie A match. AFP
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    Ronaldo celebrates his incredible goal. AP
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    Juventus have revealed the world’s first-ever football shirt to feature traditional Arabic calligraphy, designed in collaboration with renowned Saudi-Moroccan calligraphy artist, Shaker Kashgari and adidas. Courtesy Juventus.com
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    Juventus have revealed the world’s first-ever football shirt to feature traditional Arabic calligraphy, and it will be worn in the Italian Supercup.

'I struggled to breathe' Paulo Dybala reveals coronavirus nightmare


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Juventus star Paulo Dybala has revealed how he "struggled to breathe" after contracting coronavirus.

The Argentine international announced last Saturday he was one of three Juventus players to catch the virus along with Daniele Rugani and Blaise Matuidi, who both had no symptoms.

"I feel better now after some strong symptoms," the 26-year-old Dybala told JTV channel.

"A couple of days ago I was not well, I felt heavy and after five minutes of movement I had to stop because I was struggling to breathe.

"Now I can move and walk to start trying to train, because when I tried in the past few days I started to shake too much.

"I gasped for air and as a result I couldn't do anything, after five minutes I was already very tired, I felt the body heavy and my muscles hurt.

"Now I'm fine. My fiancée Oriana (Sabatini) has also overcome the symptoms."

Dybala has scored 13 goals in all competitions this season, including in league leader's Juventus's last game against Inter Milan before Serie A and all sport in Italy was suspended.

"The goal against Inter was the greatest emotion, (Aaron) Ramsey provided the perfect assist - it's a pity that there was no public," added Dybala.