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Napoli youth team player has COVID
Napoli youth team player has COVID
Napoli announced that the COVID-19 swabs came back negative for everyone except Stanislav Lobotka, whose test is incomplete, and a youth team player. The squad has been placed into a self-isolation bubble after Piotr Zielinski and Eljif Elmas tested positive last week. So far, the virus has not spread to the rest of his teammates. […]
Milik left off Napoli squad lists
Milik left off Napoli squad lists
Napoli named their squad for the Serie A and Europa League tournaments, with Arkadiusz Milik not included on either of them. The striker’s contract is due to expire at the end of this season and he had been on the verge of moves to Roma and then Fiorentina, but they never materialised. He was warned […]
Genoa: 17 players still positive for COVID
Genoa: 17 players still positive for COVID
Genoa released a statement confirming all 17 players who tested positive for COVID-19 are still infected with Coronavirus. The list of squad members who are COVID-19 positive is Valon Behrami, Davide Biraschi, Petar Brlek, Francesco Cassata, Domenico Criscito, Mattia Destro, Lukas Lerager, Darian Males, Federico Marchetti, Filippo Melegoni, Luca Pellegrini, Mattia Perin, Marko Pjaca, Ivan […]
‘Bubble’ inspection leaves Napoli upset
‘Bubble’ inspection leaves Napoli upset
The FIGC Prosecutor’s Office inspected Napoli’s training ground today and reports in Italy say the players are unhappy after what they believe to be different treatment from other clubs. The FIGC protocol tells clubs to create a bubble as soon as a player or a staff member tests positive for Covid. Two Napoli players and […]
Agent: ‘No rush for Insigne extension’
Agent: ‘No rush for Insigne extension’
Lorenzo Insigne’s agent Vincenzo Pisacane says the Napoli star is in ‘no rush’ to sign a new deal and says he will return to action after the International break. The Azzurri captain picked up an injury during Napoli’s last Serie A game against Genoa in September but he is on his way back to the […]
Zappacosta: ‘How Genoa Covid nightmare begun’
Zappacosta: ‘How Genoa Covid nightmare begun’
Davide Zappacosta reveals how he caught Covid and insists the Genoa outbreak could have happened to any other team. “It all begun with Mattia Perin who had tested negative the day before he had symptoms,” the Chelsea loanee told L’Equipe. “He was sent to isolation as soon as he tested negative but by that time, […]
Juve-Napoli rescheduled with point deduction for the Azzurri?
Juve-Napoli rescheduled with point deduction for the Azzurri?
Serie A seems set to reschedule Juventus-Napoli, but the Partenopei could reportedly be deducted one point for breaking the current protocol. The controversy after last weekend’s scheduled match between Juventus and Napoli, when the Bianconeri showed up at the Allianz Stadium to play the match against a Partenopei side who had been blocked from travelling […]
Turin ASL: ‘Napoli didn’t follow protocol’
Turin ASL: ‘Napoli didn’t follow protocol’
The director of the ASL health association in Piedmont insists he ‘never thought of intervening’ in Juventus and Torino’s games after Napoli were banned from travelling due to COVID-19. The squad did not travel to Turin for the match on Sunday evening as they had two COVID cases within the squad and the rest of […]
Juventus-Napoli result sub judice
Juventus-Napoli result sub judice
The result of Juventus-Napoli is ‘sub judice’ pending an investigation, while Ciro Immobile and Stefano Sensi are given one-match bans for their red cards. The Disciplinary Commission has released its findings for the Week 3 fixtures and there is a notable absentee, namely the result of the Juventus-Napoli fixture. It was never played because the […]
Mancini: ‘Sport as important as school’
Mancini: ‘Sport as important as school’
Italy coach Roberto Mancini hit back at Minister for Health Roberto Speranza over COVID-19 measures. ‘Everyone has a right to sport, just as much as school.’ The controversy over the Juventus-Napoli fixture, which was not played and is still sub judice, and intervention of local ASL health authorities sparked an angry response from Minister Speranza. […]