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Triple fiasco at Juventus-Napoli. At the end of a surreal day, the data that emerges is that the Lega Calcio, an organization made up of private companies, may be unaware of the rules of a higher rank than its protocols, the provisions of a local health company and the calls of two ministries. The government, publicly contradicted, does not make a good impression on us, nor on the best footballers, the clubs involved risk paying the greatest damage to their image, between accusations of victimization and cunning. And even the ASL, responsible for public health in the area of competition as also confirmed by the CTS, is overwhelmed by controversy over decisions considered exaggerated. In a national context that sees increasing concern from the hand of the contagion curve, it is a bit of everyone who makes a show – unfortunately shameful – to the state government, the football government and even the clubs that in space two days do not. they managed to find a mutually agreed solution. The only communication between Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis and his Juventus counterpart Andrea Agnelli is in a message sent from the former to the latter: “Shall we postpone?” Answer: “Juventus, as always, is governed by the regulations,” Agnelli himself told Sky.
The day started with the two teams still in the positions of the day before. Since the morning, Juventus has confirmed that it wants to go out on the pitch with or without the presence of Napoli, has given the final touches to its players and has relaunched the squad as if nothing had happened. Instead, the Naples remained isolated. Why didn’t the Azzurri go to Turin? However, a few days ago, the League adopted a protocol to have matches played in case of positive players on one or more teams on the eve of a match. The circular of October 2 is not lacking in clarity and in fact foresees that matches such as Juventus-Napoli fall within the streak of matches to be played, in general. Based on this circular, the Azzurri should be penalized with a 3-0 defeat and a penalty point in the classification. However, since supervision and responsibilities in the field of health are, of course, in the field of public authorities, deferral is envisaged without penalty “without prejudice to the provisions of state or local authorities.”
After two cases of Covid positivity recorded among the players (Zielinski and Elmas) yesterday, ASL Napoli 1 ordered that the “close contacts” (that is, the entire team) of the players who tested positive “must respect the fiduciary isolation “. “That is why – continues the health company – we are waiting to know the address where the isolation will be carried out in order to start the subsequent health surveillance actions”. This is a decision that contrasts with those made by the ASL in other regions, where clubs with positive cases could still play.
In any case, the decision corresponds to the competent authorities of the territory and it is not certain that they are coordinated. The letter of the Neapolitan ASL refers to the circular of the Ministry of Health of June 18, and here probably lies the interpretive fault behind the Juventus-Naples case.
The circular establishes that for the competitive activity of a professional team the ASL “can provide that [..] The close contact quarantine can be followed by “swabbing the entire team on the day of the scheduled match” to obtain the results in 4 hours and allow access to the stadium and the match dispute only to those who tested negative. ” Therefore, a health protocol to be followed is defined to allow the negatives to go out into the field, but it does not introduce an obligation as much as a faculty that obviously remains with the ASL (it does not “provide” but rather “establishes that … can .. . “).
On the other hand, that the will of the Campania health authorities was to prevent the players from going to Turin is also clear from the letter sent this morning by ASL Napoli 2 to the Neapolitan club. “Taking into account that Napoli players going to Turin would inevitably have contacts with a plurality of third parties (airport staff, crew and passengers on the flight, hotel staff at the retirement center, employees and members of Juventus), conditions are believed not to allow safe movement. ”
“Napoli could not go to Turin. It would have put many other people at risk ”, Antonio D’Amore, general director of Asl Napoli 2 Nord, clarified once again to Radio Capital. So not only logically, but also in a strict sense (the two things do not always coincide), Napoli could not go out on the field, due to a “provision of a local authority” that is clearly among those mentioned in the circular of the Soccer League. The rules, from this point of view, are clear, although they can be criticized.
For this reason, the Minister of Health Roberto Speranza stated on live TV in In half an hour in Più that “it has already been decided that they will not play, it is already consolidated news. But I repeat, be careful because other things are important ”. Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora -who will meet tomorrow with the Lega and the FIGC- preferred not to take sides openly, recalling on the one hand that “the local health authorities are entrusted with a clear responsibility and a precise supervisory action” and at the same Time that “it is now the sports organizations decide on the specific aspects of the championship, both on tonight’s decision and on future appeals.”
In the Lega Calcio, the government’s position has interested a lot. In fact, after a meeting, he openly contradicted the Minister of Health by ordering that the game be played even with the presence of only one team on the field. According to the representative body of the companies, the rules of postponement of the game “do not apply” because “there are no provisions of the state or local authorities that prevent the regular development of the game.” Napoli, meanwhile, are preparing the legal battle while a banner appeared outside the San Paolo stadium: “The worst virus is called Juventus … 20:45 Amuchina in Turin.” Bad show, and it has only just begun.
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