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Gattuso’s team did not travel to Turin after new cases of coronavirus, which contradicted the Serie A guide
Juventus can score three points in highly controversial circumstances after taking the field at Allianz Stadium to face Napoli on Sunday despite the absence of their opponent.
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Local health officials prevented visitors from traveling to Turin after two players, Piotr Zielinski and Eljif Elmas, tested positive for Covid-19 with another club official.
The game was officially canceled 45 minutes after the referee’s opening whistle, a decision that will likely be highly contested by visitors following the Italian.
Gennaro Gattuso’s team expressed the hope that they could postpone the match, as Genoa did before facing Torino and after registering ten cases of new coronavirus in the club.
Despite this, however, the bianconeri announced on Saturday that they would enter the field regardless of the lack of opponents, indicating that therefore the visitors could lose the match, with the home team winning 3-0 based on the provisions of the regulation in the case of WO.
This decision must be defined in the coming days in the sports fields of the country of the boot. For now, Serie A updated the leaderboard without a definitive result for the clash that did not happen within four lines.
Curtain the third day of #SerieATIM. 1️⃣🗓
Here are the results.#WeAreCalcio pic.twitter.com/oAhw0FkGho– Serie A League (@SerieA) October 4, 2020
The president of Juve, Andrea Agnelli, spoke after the cancellation of the match: “the president of Napoli [Aurelio] De Laurentiis texted me and I replied that (we), as always, abide by the rules. I wanted to postpone the game, but we have a regulation that tells us how to proceed. Each sector has its rules and we must respect them. I don’t think the ASL (local health authority) in Naples can intervene (…) I always prefer to win on the field, ”he declared.
Andrea Agnelli: “I spoke with De Laurentiis a few days ago and told him I was following the rules.”
– JuventusFC (@juventusfcpt) October 4, 2020
Coach Andrea Pirlo made three changes to the team that drew 2-2 with Roma in the previous game, with Paulo Dybala, Arthur and Rodrigo Bentancur joining the starting lineup against Napoli, evidently if the match had been played.
Pirlo’s team for #JuveNapoli.pic.twitter.com/JclQRdhGAj
– JuventusFC (@juventusfcpt) October 4, 2020
Serie A reinforced Juventus’ position ahead of Sunday’s game, saying there are no laws preventing Napoli from being on the pitch despite positive evidence.
“The Lega Calcio City Council also approved a set of rules that could lead to the postponement of a match with only several cases of players testing positive for the virus,” the league announced in a statement. “These conditions cannot be applied to the current Napoli case at this time and there are no decisions of the local authorities that prevent the match from being played.”
Napoli have won the first two games of this season, while Juve have won four points so far. Therefore, if WO and 3-0 are confirmed, the team of Cristiano Ronaldo and company would surpass the rival in the table.
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