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The management of the First Italian Football League (Serie A) sanctioned a penalty of erasure of 1 point by beating the Napoli team, which could not be on the field at the time of the match, by default in the Juventus-Napoli match, which It should be played in the third week of the league.
According to a written statement from the Directorate of the Serie A League, the Sports judge of Serie A, Gerardo Mastrandrea, who examined the issue, made his decision on the Juventus-Napoli match, which was not played due to the absence of the team visitor on the field, although it should be played on October 4.
Although Mastrandrea ruled that Napoli, which was not present at the Allianz Stadium in Turin at the start of the match, would be defeated 3-0, also, the blue and white team was also determined by the previously determined clubs to be able to play matches of league during the outbreak of Kovid-19 of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). He gave 1 elimination penalty point for not complying with the protocol he accepted.
In justifying the decision, it was noted that the Neapolitan local health authorities did not impose a travel ban on the team in the first decision of the Kovid-19 players in the Blue and White team on October 3, and that the Napoli team was able to go to Turin. It was said that the Blue and White team should already be in Turin before further decisions come from the local health authorities, so Napoli does not have a valid force majeure reason to miss the match in the match.
It was said that Napoli would oppose the penalty of defeat and loss of points.
What happened?
At Napoli, before the Juventus game, the players Piotr Zielinski and Elijf Elmas, and 1 person from the technical delegation had a positive Kovid-19 test. Local health authorities in the city of Naples indicated that the team must remain in quarantine and did not let the Blue and White team leave for the Juventus game on October 4.
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis asked his rival, Juventus, and the Serie A leadership to postpone the match, as his team was prohibited from traveling to the road.
In return, Juventus announced that it would be on the field, and the Serie A League Management announced that the match would start at 8:45 p.m. local time on October 4.
The rules established by UEFA and FIGC stipulate that teams that can have a team of 13 people, including a goalkeeper, will play. Napoli, which had only 2 positive players for Kovid-19 before the match, did not have a request to postpone the match according to this rule.
On Sunday, October 4, the referees and Juventus were present at the time of the match in Turin and, according to the rules, the opposing team was waited until the end of the first half. Daniele Doveri, the match referee, had left the match when Napoli did not arrive.
