Contagions in bursts, Serie A trembles

They begin to be many, the situation in the short term can become unmanageable, writes Alessandro Angeloni on The messenger.

The Juve-Napoli case is the tip of the iceberg. The protocol, which worked in the summer, now creaks and the Local Health Authorities inevitably intervene, as in the case of Naples, on which the sports judge will have to express himself, creating a dangerous precedent: if it emerges, from the investigations of the Prosecutor, that the Naples was in the possibility of presenting itself in Turin, it will decide the victory at the table at Juve and a penalty point, otherwise it will send back to the League to arrange the recovery.

Cases among players – in addition to those of the country – are increasing, the Milan derby, scheduled for recovery, is wrapped in positivity. Ibra and Duarte have not yet been negativized, viruses also underway for Sticks, Skriniar and from yesterday, Nainggolan and Gagliardini joined the group. Asymptomatic and unavailable. “If you want to keep that minimum of sportsmanship it must be said that the protocols creak“, Massimo’s words Galli, head of the infectious diseases department of the Sacco Hospital in Milan to the microphones of Radio Punto Nuovo. The problem is serious.

The buffer solution is to enlarge the roses and for the future, the play-off hypothesis, especially if the championship will experience mass interruptions. There are no cooldown slots. Lega, Figc, Cts etc knew very well that the championship would entail certain problems. And they decided to live with it, protecting the economic aspect and above all the protocol established after long consultations. They weren’t expecting certain numbers.

The president of the FIGC is not upset and does not speak of closure and defends the protocol, which continues to be questioned. “Thus there is confusion and unnecessary tension. We ask everyone to apply it rigorously, because it represents the only feasible tool capable of guaranteeing the continuation of sports competitions, as they began. The FIGC has shared a clear path with the Ministers Speranza and Spadafora and only thanks to the relationship of trust and collaboration that has been established will we be able to face all the difficulties connected with this terrible pandemic. We are aware that, with such a resurgence of infections, at this moment the reopening of the stadiums must necessarily be put in the background“. He will be happy Mancini.