Juventus-Napoli will go on as conditions to postpone don’t apply to Napoli, asserts Serie A

Despite Juventus’ insistence that their game between Napoli will go on, the BBC have reported that the Partenopei have been unable to travel to Turin because of the local health authorities. This comes after two Napoli players tested positive for the coronavirus which has forced Piotr Zielinski and Eljif Elmas into isolation until they recover. However, they aren’t the only ones as a member of the team’s staff and two from Juventus have tested positive as well.

"Therefore, in this case, it is applied the FIGC protocol agreed with the Technical-Scientific Committee and integrated with the notice of the Italian Health Minister on June 18, 2020 and that was not taken into account in the email sent by the vice-head of cabinet of the Regione Campania.

"Even if there are cases of players in the group who tested positive for coronavirus, the protocol provides certain and mandatory rules that allow games to be played by fielding all the footballers who tested negative through exams undergone within the time range given by the health authorities.

“The Council of the Lega Calcio did also approve a set of rules that can lead to the postponement of a game only with several cases of players testing positive for the virus. These conditions can’t be applied to the current Napoli case at the moment and there are no decisions of the local authorities that prevent the game from being played.”