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The clash between Juventus Turin and Naples are still scheduled for Sunday night as planned, despite two cases of covid-19 in the Neapolitan squad, the Italian soccer league announced this Saturday.
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The dispute of match was in doubt this Saturday, as the Neapolitans had not taken the plane to Turin due to the uncertainty raised by the situation, while Juventus had announced that it was counting on playing this match that will close the third day of Serie A.
He Naples had announced this Saturday that a second player in its squad had tested positive for covid-19, the day before facing Juventus.
Under reinforced surveillance since he faced the last Sunday to Genoa, a club where there has been an outbreak of covid-19 with 17 positive footballers in a week, Naples organized several test series this week.
Then the positives of his cPolish midfielder Piotr Zielinski and a member of the coaching staff, announced on Friday, this time it was Macedonian half Eljif Elmas who was declared positive, Napoli announced on Twitter.
“The league confirms that the match Juventus-Napoli, valid for the third day of Serie A, is still scheduled for October 4the league said in a statement.
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The players of Naples had not taken the flight as planned, by decision of the local health authorities, according to Italian media and a spokesperson for the club.
“At the moment, we are not going out. The rest is the the soccer league that must decide, “said that spokesman to AFP.
The Italian league had adopted a course of action on Thursday to avoid having to intervene case by case on the maintenance or not of the matches.
For the remainder of the season must be based on the rules established by UEFA, which establish that a match can be played from the moment where a team has 13 eligible players, including a goalkeeper.
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