The Omicron tsunami hits Serie A and creates chaos. Three games will not be played, a fourth is in strong doubt. Then there is Juve-Napoli, for which the Neapolitan ASL gave the ok but the Azzurri are decimated not only by the cases of positivity, but also by the quarantine imposed on Rrahmani, Zielinski and Lobotka, who nevertheless learned of the provision when they were already traveling and therefore I'm in Turin.
The championship that restarts from the second round on the day of the Befana with stadiums with reduced capacity and the obligation of Ffp2 masks for the fans, like the rest of the country, has to deal with the exponential increase in infections and the blocks of the health authorities.
Tomorrow, Atalanta-Turin, Fiorentina-Udinese and Salernitana-Venice will not be played for sure, the first two for the blocking of the grenade and Friulian transfer, the third for the quarantine imposed by the ASL that prompted the Campania to choose not to appear on the playground, not even with the youth teams. Bologna-Inter is also at high risk of being blocked due to the numerous positive cases among the Bolognese players.
In addition to Juve-Napoli, Milan-Rome, Sassuolo-Genoa, Sampdoria-Cagliari, Spezia-Verona and Lazio-Empoli will also be played regularly. However, Sunday's match at Unipol Domus against Bologna, which was cut down by the virus, is at great risk for the rossoblùs.
To create confusion are above all the various measures of the ASL, with Hellas Verona which, for example, is authorized to take the field despite eight cases of positivity among the players and ten in total, while Turin, not authorized to leave for Bergamo, presents eight cases of total positivity of which six among the players.
The championship therefore resumes in a climate of great uncertainty. In an extraordinary meeting, the Lega reiterated that it will not postpone any matches. So for the teams that do not appear on the field the usual process, 3-0 defeat at table and appeal, which predictably will win since they have respected a provision of the health authorities.
Meanwhile, after Serie B and Lega Pro, even the Amateurs have postponed the days, setting the resumption on 23 January.
THE MEASURES OF THE ASL - The Asl City of Turin, after having found an outbreak of Covid in the team group, blocked the grenades before leaving for Bergamo. The eight positives are in isolation, the whole group will go to quarantine for five days and therefore Toro will not be able to play even next Sunday's home game with Fiorentina.
The same decision was taken in Udine, with the Friuli Centrale health authority which essentially prohibited Udinese from playing both the match against Fiorentina at the Franchi tomorrow and Sunday's match against Atalanta. Finally, Salernitana announced that tomorrow afternoon she will not show up at the Arechi stadium for the match against Venice. The Campanians have eleven positives in the team group and the ASL of Salerno has put another 25 people in isolation. The club had asked the Lega Serie A to postpone the match which was not agreed.
Finally Bologna-Inter, the Bolognese Ausl has imposed quarantine on the whole team, at least the components not vaccinated in the last 4 months as required by the latest government regulations on the isolation of close contacts of positives. The Bolognese have asked for the postponement of the match with Inter and that of Sunday against Cagliari: the League, as is known, has denied any postponement and will probably also deny this, but the provision of the Bolognese health authority will block the departure of the Mihajlovic's team for Cagliari.
(Unioneonline / L)
