The positives grow day by day but the championship goes on, in Serie B an outbreak at Ascoli
ROME. At the resumption of the championship after the Christmas break, Serie A is still dealing with Covid-19, with daily announcements of positivity of players by the clubs, which in the meantime must also recalibrate access to the stadiums after the reduction of capacity at 50% established by the government to deal with infections.
On the players front, it is curious that Milan and Roma, who meet at the Meazza next Thursday – when all the teams take to the field for the first return match – almost simultaneously announce the positivity of their respective second goalkeepers, Ciprian Tatarusan and Daniel Fuzato , both therefore sure not to be there together with two other Giallorossi, one of which is Borja Mayoral.
Among the twenty teams in the championship, at the moment only Lazio and Udinese have no cases of positivity or players in isolation, with some having reported three (such as Inter and Juventus), or more (see Napoli, Salernitana, Spezia, Turin). In particular, as Salernitana made it known with a note published on the official website, the members of the team group positive at Covid-19, are eleven, of which nine are players).
However, Napoli also announced that Petagna, in quarantine after learning of having had contacts at risk, tested negative and therefore Spalletti will be able to use him for the trip to Turin against Juventus. Even Ascoli (Serie B) has communicated that at the resumption of training six members of the team group (4 players and 2 staff members) are positive for Covid-19.
In this scenario, Lega Serie A has decided to postpone all the matches of the fifteenth day of the Primavera championship scheduled for 7, 8 and 9 January 2022 to a later date, as well as the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup of category ( 12 and 13/1). The reason is not specified but it is logical to think that it is a choice linked to the evolution of the development of infections throughout Italy. To curb the pandemic by favoring vaccinations, there is an initiative that will take place next Saturday at the “Stirpe” stadium in Frosinone where the women’s Super Cup final will be played: a hub will be set up outside the plant where anyone will have the opportunity to get vaccinated, without the need for a reservation.