Good news for Napoli! The Italian team can count on David Ospina for their Europa League debut against Leicester which will be held this Thursday at the King Power Stadium in England, after the modifications in the biosafety protocols by the United Kingdom, in which the Nigerian Victor Osimhen was also going to be affected.
The goalkeeper was close to being ruled out for the international tournament game, after being with the Colombian National Team playing the South American Qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The player was in three countries on the British government’s red list, but after some modifications, he will now be able to be present in the game.
“The good news comes from England: Ospina and Osimhen will be able to participate in the trip to Leicester, after the British government modified the anti-Covid 19 provision that prevented entering its territory if it came from a country included in the red list. Strong pressure from the Secretary of Culture with responsibility for Sport, Oliver Dowden, was decisive in convincing the bodies in charge of changing the provisions on coronavirus “, informed La Gazzetta dello Sport.
According to the Italian press, technical director Luciano Spalletti does not intend to make major changes to the starting eleven that comes from beating Juventus in Serie A. In this way, the Colombian would be a first baseman again on the first day of Group C in which Legia de Warsaw and Spartak Moscow are also present.
The match between Leicester and Napoli in the europa League It will be played this Thursday, September 16 at 2:00 pm (Colombian time) en el King Power Stadium.
