The shadow of Covid on the tournament Now pessimism reigns

Sunday 30 January we should return to the field for the last first leg But all the teams are forced to deal with cases of positivity to the virus

IVREA

Pessimism reigns over the return to the field on Sunday 30 January to play the last first leg. The most critical situation at the moment is that at Banchette Ivrea where, in the face of positive cases at Covid found at the beginning of 2022, as Mr Kevin Bardus tells us: «We will hardly play with Carrara 90 on Sunday 30th, if the situation does not change. From the regulation with five positives you can ask for the postponement of the game, from now to January 30 anything can happen, it is difficult to make predictions. We will resume training tonight, Monday 10th and we will continue on Wednesday and Friday as well, while on Saturday, if the conditions are right, we will have a friendly match with Saint Vincent Châtillon ».

Tomorrow, Tuesday 11th, it will be up to the leaders Ivrea, with coach Andrea Porrini who however explains: “We had to resume on Tuesday 4, then given the situation with the club, we decided to give the team another week of rest and we will resume tomorrow, with sessions of I also work on Wednesdays and Fridays, while as far as friendlies are concerned we don’t want to risk it. However, this is a grotesque situation: first we had to start on Thursday 6 and Sunday 9, then everything was moved to January 30, while in Excellence, the Coppa Italia final between Borgaro and Alba was played on Thursday 6. It would have been more sensible to put the stop for everyone with resumption of preparation from Tuesday 11, as we will return to play on Sunday 30 and we will be busy away from home with Lascaris ».

Instead, the Rivarolese started training on Monday 3rd, as explained by Mr. Giammarco Stefanetto: «We trained on Monday 3rd, then Tuesday 4th and last Friday, 7th, while this week we will do tomorrow, Thursday and Friday and Sunday we will do a friendly test against the Mathi Lanzese and on 23 against Bosconerese always away. I have doubts that we can resume on Sunday 30th, but we have to prepare ourselves as we should play and we have the derby with Volpiano, my former team ». A week of rest also for Quincitava, as explained by Mr. Marco Vernetti: «We had to resume on Monday 3rd, then in agreement with the club, we wanted to give the boys an extra week of vacation. The resumption is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday 11 January and will continue on Wednesday and Friday, then on Sunday 16 we will play a friendly match against Vischese, while the following week is still being defined ».

Instead, all the friendlies at Volpiano have been canceled, with the coach Lorenzo Parisi saying: “As long as we have the opportunity to train we will do it on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday doing physical and tactical work, while as regards the friendlies, in order to avoid the infections, we preferred to cancel them all ». –

Loris Ponsetto