“De Laurentiis asked me to postpone it, Juve respects the rules”

Published on: 04/10/2020 9:15 PM

The president of Napoli, Aurelio De Laurentiis “wrote me a message, his message was ‘let’s postpone the game’. I replied that Juventus complies with the regulations. If we do not comply with the regulations, the first mistake we make is as citizens and not as athletes ”. Andrea Agnelli, president of Juventus, thus responds to Sky Sport questions on the matter relating to the Juventus-Napoli match. The Neapolitan team, after the positive cases of Zielinski and Elmas, did not leave for Turin.

“We have very clear protocols for situations like the ones we are experiencing. In case of positivity in the team group, the FIGC protocol is applied, you know what to do. It was a very important job of the FIGC with the Ministry of Health. We have respected the protocol: after the two cases of positivity “in the squad” we isolated ourselves to come to play the game today.

“The protocol was studied by the federation with the government, since it refers to a circular from the Ministry of Health. The document is ‘alive’, based on the cases that occur. The priority is the protection of health. The important thing is to have that spirit of sports loyalty and the desire to play“he adds.” If the protocol is this and it is perfected, we will stick to this. If it is another, we will stay with another. No area of ​​life is immune to the virus, I refer to the proper authorities for a full evaluation. But if we want to complete sporting events, we need to know how to manage cases of positivity ”.

“With parts reversed? We would have left. But I don’t think the ASL in Turin would have issued that document. If the protocol is respected, the ASL – which depends on the Ministry of Health that issued the circular – should not intervene ”. According to the regulations, Juventus will win a 3-0 victory at the table: “I prefer to always win on the field.”