Inter CEO Beppe Marotta has made an official request to the Lega Serie A, requesting that the start of his 2020/21 crusade be delayed on the calendar for one week. The Nerazzurri played their last game on 21 August, when they were defeated by Sevilla in the Europa League final. That would mean Antonio Conte’s men would play an extra circular in the middle of the week to make up for their lack of play.
Yet this may not end up being a problem for Inter, due to a high number of positive COVID-19 tests across the league from players returning from breaks around the world. The action is set to resume on the weekend beginning September 19, but reports in Italy suggest that there are concerns over the close proximity of the start of the campaign.
Cases have been reported in Fiorentina, Rome, Cagliari, Naples, Turin, Benevento, Sassuolo, as well as in newly relegated SPAL and Brescia, the players have so far been all asymptomatic. Parma is the lacheck club to announce a positive COVID-19 checkup among its players, with an anonymous member of their team quarantined on Friday.
There were also fears for Bologna coach Sinisa Mihajlovic, who fought leukemia all last season and tested positive for the virus when the club began its popular control career. The coach is said to show no symptoms, however, he is in the “high risk” category, and is now in the middle of a 14-day isolation era for an era that is ready for next season.
A resolution on any possible delay in commissioning is expected in the coming days, as Serie A has revealed that the 2020/21 matches will be announced on the league’s YouTube channel on Wednesday, September 2 at 12 p.m. CET.
Cases are on the rise in Italy, and the government is making plans to publish plans to return to school for the country’s youth in the near future. On 28 August, there were 1,400 more positive cases on the peninsula, but with fewer hospitalizations and deaths, the theory is that more cases are added through asymptomatic or mild cases of other younger people returning from vacation. For example, on Saturday, August 22, 1,000 positive cases were reported in Italy, but only 3 deaths were reported.
Positive cases in Serie A pose a logistical challenge for the clubs, as the players involved will have to go through the 14-day quarantine era as indicated in the league protocols to prevent further spread of the virus. This is likely to feature more players returning to pre-season education after the holidays, or even in the next foreign party circular, with positive tests.
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