New round of pads a Castel Volturno for players and members of the Naples who came into contact with colleagues from the Genoa on the occasion of the championship game last Sunday. In the rossoblu club the cases of positivity to Coronavirus I’m rose to 15, while all the pads of the blues tested negative on Monday.
The Napoli players, reports Ansa, have welcomed the good news with joy but are aware that the result of a swab carried out less than 48 hours after contact with the positive genoans is not very indicative, because the virus may still be incubating and not reveal itself.
The concern therefore remains high at the Technical Center of Castel Volturno, where the medical staff directed by Alberto Canonico will then carry out the second round of tampons, the results of which are expected on Friday afternoon, two days after big match against the Juventus.
Monday after a meeting of about four hours, the League Council extraordinary has decided to postpone the final decision on the possible until today postponement of Genoa-Turin, match scheduled for Saturday at 18. The rossoblù ask not to play because of the 15 positivity to Covid-19 found in the group, between players and technical staff. The summit discussed the possibility of adopting the Uefa rule (you play if there are at least 12 + 1 healthy players, in case of refusal, 0-3 is expected at the table). The final decision is expected in the afternoon.
The training of the Griffin, scheduled for Thursday morning at 11, was canceled by disposition of the ASL: it was made up of the youngest players, integrated by some guys from the Primavera (all negative to Covid-19). Genoa had scheduled another session at 15 with 12 players from the first team, divided into two groups of maximum 6 people.
However the ASL also canceled the afternoon session, placing new rapid pads at 13:30. Following the results of the tests, the possibility of giving a mini green light for an afternoon workout will be evaluated. On Wednesday evening, Genoa issued a statement with the 15 names of the members who tested positive at Covid. Among these, the players are 11: Francesco Cassata, Lukas Lerager, Federico Marchetti, Filippo Melegoni, Luca Pellegrini, Mattia Perin, Marko Pjaca, Ivan Radovanovic, Lasse Schöne, Davide Zappacosta, Behrami.
OMNISPORT | 01-10-2020 13:25
