Napoli won the showdown. This Tuesday, the Italian justice gave success to the club of southern Italy. Thus, the Juventus-Napoli match, initially scheduled for October 4, will be well played as revealed The Gazzetta dello Sport, which brings forward the date of January 13 for this match of the 3rd day of Serie A. The defeat on the green carpet (0-3) and the point withdrawn to the men of Gennaro Gattuso are finally canceled.
During the fall, Naples did not visit the lawn of Juventus Turin. The cause ? Two of his players, Eljif Elmas and Piotr Zielinski, tested positive for Covid-19 a few hours before the start of the match. The Neapolitans thus remained in isolation at their homes on the instructions of the regional health authorities. Instructions which were however in opposition to the protocol of the Italian federation.
At the time, it was stated that the standards established by the governing bodies “allow the championship matches to be held even when there are positive cases, by aligning negative players to the tests carried out on time“. Napoli have won the first legal meeting. On the pitch, Juventus will be under pressure if they do not want to see AC Milan soar to the top of Serie A. By withdrawing these three points on the green carpet, the Old Dame is now four units behind the Milanese.
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