Two players from Naples have tested positive for COVID-19 and Italian media reported that local health officials banned the team from traveling on Saturday and ordered the team and staff to self-isolate
The reigning champion Juventus released a statement on Saturday saying her players will be heading to the pitch for the Napoli game as her opponents have reportedly been banned from travel due to coronavirus cases
Serie A governing body also said on Saturday night that the game was still to be played the following night
Two Napoli players have tested positive for COVID-19 and Italian media reported that local health authorities banned the team from traveling on Saturday and ordered the team and staff to self-destruct isolate
Sunday’s match in Turin has not been officially postponed and the Italian league’s protocol for COVID cases is the same as UEFA rules If a team has 13 players available, at least one of whom goalkeeper, the match can continue
« Juventus Football Club announces that the First Team will be on the pitch for the Juventus-Napoli game tomorrow at 8.45 p.m., as scheduled by the Serie A League schedule, » a statement from Juventus reads on its website and on social media channels
Napoli midfielder Eljif Elmas tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, just a day after teammate Piotr Zielinski and a member of the team tested positive
There have been constant tests at the club after Napoli played at Genoa last weekend More than 20 Genoa players and staff have tested positive
Juventus have reported that two staff members have coronavirus but that « they are neither players nor technical or medical staff »
Date of update:
Oct 4, 2020 12:25:43 PM IST
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Thiago, who joined Bayern Munich this month, missed Monday’s 3-1 win over Arsenal and will now self-isolate He will miss another League Cup clash with Arsenal on Thursday as well as Sunday’s Premier League trip to Aston Villa
Morata, 27, who won the Italian title twice during a two-season stay in Turin from 2014 to 2016, is set to sign a one-year loan deal worth € 10m
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