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What they said – coronavirus has the sporting world talking

27-Mar-2020 21:25:37 | Four-Four-Two

Sports stars are continuing to get to grips with life on lockdown as the coronavirus pandemic rolls on. Here, the PA news agency looks at the best quotes from March 27.England manager Gareth Southgate called on the public to do their duty by staying at home to let the NHS fight the coronavirus.Southgate should have been preparing England to take on Italy and Denmark, but with all sport suspended he was instead urging a nation to help the health service.Life is very different for us all at the moment and sport rightfully stands aside to support a more important cause during these unprecedented times, said Southgate.We may not be sharing the pitch tonight @azzurri, but we stand together and united in this difficult time #StayHomeSaveLives pic.twitter.com/avatfpEBQy England (@England) March 27, 2020We were supposed to be welcoming Italy and Denmark to Wembley Stadium in the coming days but football is insignificant as we are all in the midst of a global battle.Now is the time for sport to come together, speak with one voice and be united behind a very clear message: stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives.Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admitted he was moved to tears by a video of NHS workers singing Youll Never Walk Alone, insisting there can be precious few thoughts of sport amid the Covid-19 crisis.Its extraordinary: I think yesterday I was sent a video of people in the hospital just outside the intensive care area and when they started singing Youll Never Walk Alone I started crying immediately; its unbelievable, said Klopp.But it shows everything, these people not only work but they have such a good spirit."In 10, 20, 30, 40 years, if we look back and then the conclusion is that this was the period when the world showed the biggest solidarity, the biggest love, the biggest friendship or whatever, that would be great, that would be really great." Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 27, 2020They are used to helping other people; we need to get used to it because usually we have our own problems and stuff.But its their job, they do it day in and day out. They bring themselves, if you want, in danger because they help ill, sick and seriously handicapped people, so I couldnt admire them more and appreciate it more.There are so many people out there that have much bigger problems so it would feel really embarrassing to myself if I was to talk about my problems I have the problems every person in the world has in the moment. Thats the lesson we learn in this moment.Juventus and Argentina forward Paulo Dybala has revealed he is on the mend after suffering from the coronavirus.In a video chat posted on Juves Twitter account, Dybala said: I feel good, much better in fact, after having had some strong symptoms for a couple of days.Today I feel much better, without any symptoms and I can move much better, so I will try to train again."I feel good, much better in fact" @PauDybala_JR provides an update on his health. #ACasaConLaJuve pic.twitter.com/Zh3m5YdbC7 JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) March 27, 2020After having attempted to in the days where the symptoms were strong, I felt uncomfortable very quickly and I couldnt get any air so I couldnt do anything. After about five minutes I felt really tired and my body felt heavy, my muscles hurt and I had to stop.But luckily both me and my girlfriend feel much better now.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-72310761-1', 'auto', {'name': 'pacontentapi'}); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'referrer', location.origin); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension1', 'By Nick Purewal, PA'); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension2', '27608a0d-38b1-4285-af6b-53413be163fa'); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension3', 'paservice:sport,paservice:sport:football,paservice:sport:uk'); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension6', 'story'); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension7', 'composite'); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension8', null); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension9', null); ga('pacontentapi.send', 'pageview', { 'location': location.href, 'page': (location.pathname + location.search + location.hash), 'title': 'What they said \u2013 coronavirus has the sporting world talking'});