Juve-Napoli must be played again, the 3-0 canceled

Published on: 12/22/2020 5:41 PM

The Serie A match between Juve-Napoli must be replayed and the blue club recovers the penalty spot decided by the first and second degree sentences. The sports justice, in the previous degrees of judgment, had awarded Juventus a 3-0 victory at the table: Napoli did not appear on October 4 in Turin after the cases of positivity to the covid concerning Zielinski and Elmas.

The college of guarantees chaired by former Foreign Minister Franco Frattini today annuls the verdict of the Federal Court and the Court of Appeal for Sports and rewrites the ranking.

The Guarantee College ”, following the result of the hearing in the United Sections held today, accepted the appeal filed by the company SSC Napoli SpA against the Italian Football Federation and, consequently, annulled the decision of the Sports Field without delay. of Appeal in FIGC, adopted with CU n. 14 of November 10, 2020, confirming the decision of the National Sports Judge of the Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A, adopted with CU no. 65 of October 14, 2020 (also the subject of this appeal), which imposed on the appellant company the sanction of the loss of the Juventus-Napoli match (which should have been played on October 4, 2020) and the sanction of a point in the classification ”, explains the College.

We are completely indifferent, we have always been oblivious to this story ”. This is the position of Juventus, as Adnkronos has learned from Juventus club sources, regarding today’s decision by the Coni College of Guarantee.

Napoli lawyer: “It is David’s victory against Goliath”

“It was Davide’s victory against Goliath,” Napoli lawyer Mattia Grassani told Adnkronos. “It was highly anticipated on our part because we were convinced that from the beginning the legal question proved Napoli right. You can’t risk your life for a football match and even the famous protocols proved us right.” “President De Laurentiis was obviously happy, winning in third grade, after losing first and second grade to Juventus, I think it is an element of great satisfaction for anyone,” concludes Grassani.