Alessandro Favalli has revealed coronavirus left his ‘eyes burning’.

The defender was the second player in Italy to test positive for Covid-19.

Favalli, 27, said: “I woke up on March 2 feeling uncomfortable.

“I had a fever, a headache and my eyes were burning. I already had symptoms during the night, shivering for cold.

“I got suspicious. I already had ’flu in January.

“I rang my family and they all had the same symptoms.

“We’d had a family dinner  a few days before.

“I knew straight away what we all had.

“I was never really scared for myself, I never felt that bad.

“I was more worried about some of my relatives, who were hit harder than me, maybe due to their different age and fitness level.”