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The Blue and White team could not play at the Allianz Stadium in Turin tonight, because 2 players in Naples and 3 people from the technical delegation had Kovid-19 and the local health authorities did not allow the team to leave.
Host Juventus and the trio of referees, who previously announced that they will play the match, took their places in the stadium at 8:45 p.m. (TSI 21:45).
According to the rules, the opposing team was expected to be on the field until the last moment of the first half. Unable to go to Turin, the Napoli team could not reach the field. At the end of the first half, referee Daniele Doveri suspended the match.
Napoli, who do not play due to the rules, are expected to be defeated 3-0.
Andrea Agnelli, president of Juventus, who took his place in the stadium before the start of the game, said: “Before the game (the president of Naples), Aurelio De Laurentiis called me and demanded that the game be postponed. Our rules are very clear. We take our place on the field according to the rules. I said. ” used expressions.
What happened?
After the players Piotr Zielinski and Elijf Elmas from the Napoli team and 1 person from the technical team tested positive for Kovid-19, the local health authorities of the city of Naples did not allow the blue and white team to leave, indicating that they should remain in quarantine .
In return, Juventus announced that they would be on the field and the Directorate of the Serie A League announced that the match would start on time.
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis asked his rival, Juventus and the Serie A leadership, to postpone the match.
According to the rules established in Serie A, if there are many cases of Kovid-19 in a team, the team in question can request a postponement of the match for one time.
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In the news and comments in the Italian press, it is stated that the Club of Naples, which obviously cannot go to the match, does not request to use its right of postponement and hopes that the postponement decision will come from the league leadership but the league’s leadership has not taken that step.
Napoli hosted Genoa at their home last week, and after this match, 17 cases of Kovid-19 were detected in the visiting team. The Genoa Club had requested that this week’s Torino match be postponed as many people on the team had Kovid-19s.