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Napoli will not travel to Turin for their Serie A clash with Juventus on Sunday after two of their players tested positive for COVID-19, sources told ESPN

Piotr Zielinski and Eljif Elmas have returned positive results following routine coronavirus testing and the entire Naples team is in isolation

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The Campania region recently saw a spike in coronavirus cases and local authorities did not allow the team to travel, ESPN sources say

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Sources said the plane was on the runway and ready to take off for Turin as they await a response to their travel request as there may be exceptions to the rule

The game has not been called off by Serie A and Juve are preparing to go to the pitch despite their opponents absent, sources say This would translate into a 3-0 win for Andrea Pirlo’s side

Napoli had requested that the game be postponed and replayed at a later date, but this was rejected by Serie A

In a statement, league officials said: « The same rule has been applied to other cases in the past and, for example, it allowed Turin to play against Atalanta, Milan’s trip to Crotone, Genoa away game at San Paolo vs Napoli and Atalanta home game against Cagliari

Napoli’s previous opponents Genoa had 10 players tested positive following their clash on Sunday, resulting in the postponement of this weekend’s clash with Torino

However, all Napoli players tested negative immediately thereafter, before Zielinski and later Elmas tested positive

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