Farai Dziva|Coronavirus has claimed it’s first football victim following the death of Spanish coach Fransisco Garcia.

Garcia (21), a youth team coach at Malaga-based Atlético Portada Alta, had a previously undiagnosed form of leukemia that made him more vulnerable to the dangerous epidemic  and was pronounced dead on Monday.

“We are still in a state of shock. They called me at 7 p.m. on Sunday saying that he was stabilized after they had admitted him on Friday. And an hour later…,” Pep Bueno, the club’s president told Spanish media.

“The coronavirus and a bad thing came together,” he said. “I’m not believing it. I don’t believe it. It seems impossible to me.”