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The clash between Juventus and Napoli, which was scheduled for Sunday, has been postponed following the visitors’ inability to arrive and Andrea Pirlo’s side will take a 3-0 Serie A victory
Sources told ESPN that Naples was not allowed by local health authorities to leave the Campania region after players Piotr Zielinski and Eljif Elmas tested positive for the coronavirus
Napoli requested postponement of the match, but saw their request rejected by Serie A The match was officially called off 45 minutes after the scheduled kick-off time
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Juventus president Andrea Agnelli said his Napoli counterpart Aurelio De Laurentiis asked him to postpone the game
« De Laurentiis sent me a message asking for the game to be postponed and I replied that as always Juventus will follow the rules, » said Agnelli « If we don’t, we fail as that citizens rather than sportsmen «
The healthy authorities in Naples told the RAI TV channel that the Naples players were in « strict quarantine » and « could face criminal charges » if they break it
Despite knowing their opponents would not be participating, Juventus acted as if they were preparing for a game
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A starting line-up was named and tweeted from the club’s official account, as players warmed up in front of spectators at the stadium Napoli, meanwhile, did not name a roster for the game
The Campania region has seen a peak in coronavirus cases in recent days and the Naples team has been quarantined following their two positive cases
This will be the second time already this season as the Serie A game was awarded with a 3-0 victory as Roma saw their 0-0 draw on Matchday 1 with Verona called off following a administrative error
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