Udinese crosses the fingers on the infections, the answer on Wednesday from the summons

The club prepares the game on Thursday without providing confirmation on the negativity that will arrive only before the departure for Florence

UDINE. The names of Udinese and Lazio are missing from the list of Serie A clubs that at the moment have not declared positive cases of Covid among their members and the absence of communications in this regard can only comfort two days after the resumption of a championship put really severely tested by the resurgence of infections, to the point of making the Juventus Bruseschi sports center and the Lazio Formello appear as two happy and uncontaminated islands.
However, it is necessary to underline some distinctions between the communication lines adopted by the clubs on the subject of Covid, remembering that there are some companies that have never had problems in revealing the names and surnames of their positive members, others who have instead chosen to keep them anonymity, while declaring the cases, and still others, such as Udinese and Lazio, which have adopted the line of silence, breaking it only when it has no longer been possible to maintain the strictest confidentiality on privacy.

And so it happened at the Juventus home last year, when it was the director Pierpaolo Marino who came out, revealing the presence of an outbreak, of a Juventus cluster a few hours before the start of Lazio-Udinese (1-3). All this, to remember that the old saying “no new, good new” does not always faithfully reflect reality, inducing optimism.

This is why the absence of official communications in this regard can reassure up to a certain point, especially if, as in the case of the brief report on training released yesterday on the Juventus official website, the absences from the Destiny Udogie group, Brandon, cannot be explained. Soppy, Ilija Nestorovski and Jean Victor Makengo, who, like the injured Roberto Pereyra, did not carry out the session under the orders of Gabriele Cioffi.

In the hope that Udinese will remain a happy island, the meticulousness of the company in terms of prevention should be underlined, well represented not only by the rhythm of the tampons (two a day for the whole team group), but also by the innovative take-away “Anti gathering”, with lunch delivered to the players in the locker room, to be consumed elsewhere and at a safe distance, and not at the stadium restaurant.

The march towards Fiorentina is therefore continuing with the utmost attention to the protocols, but it is clear that in days like these it will be the squad list, expected on Wednesday, to say whether Udinese was really lucky.

Because not finding oneself with positives, to be isolated, negativized and then rehabilitated after a medical procedure that includes heart and lung tests, would avoid stumbling in view of the tight schedule that awaits Udinese.