Serie A and Covid, here is the new protocol: with 13 available you can play

 Serie A and Covid, here is the new protocol: with 13 available you can play,After the stoppage of 4 games on the first day of return, the Lega Calcio press release arrives: those who do not play will suffer 0-3 at the table

07 January 2022

Covid has sent the championship into chaos and the Serie A league is running for cover. In fact, the Council has just approved the regulation for the management of positive cases at Covid and postponement of football championship matches. In essence, it is established that immediately clubs with one or more positive players must still play the match scheduled in the calendar if they have 13 players (including at least one goalkeeper) in the squads of the first team and the Primavera born by December 31st. 2003 negative to the tests within 24 of the previous day. If the club has this situation and does not appear on the pitch, article 53 of the Noif (0-3 at table) will apply.

SERIE A

"If one or more players from the same club test positive for Covid - reads a note signed by president Paolo Dal Pino - the match will be played, according to the schedule of each competition, provided that the club in question has at least 13 players (of of which at least one goalkeeper) among those enrolled in the squads of the first team and the Primavera team born by 31 December 2003 negative ".

Serie A and Covid, here is the new protocol: with 13 available you can play

"If the club does not have the minimum number of players, the League will decide accordingly - continues the note, underlining that if the club - able to dispose of the aforementioned minimum number of players does not appear on the field, it will suffer 0-3 at the table. ".

THE LEGA COMMUNICATION

"The League Council today unanimously approved a" protocol ", consistent with the rules already adopted by Uefa, which establishes the obligation to take the field for teams with at least 13 players from the first team and the Primavera (always if adults) negative test results to detect covid-19. The regulation adopted will allow us to continue the season and complete the Serie A TIM championship, with the hope that the ASL no longer intervene with confused and inconsistent measures which, at the moment, they are creating serious damage to the Italian sports system, with devastating economic impacts and reflections of a social nature. In this regard, the belief remains that the decisions of the various ASLs, for various reasons, are illegitimate, therefore the Lega Serie A will appeal to all the appropriate venues to protect the free development of their competitions, always safeguarding the health of the athletes and in compliance with the regulations in force. the application of today's "protocol" prevails the confidence to be able to play all the meetings of the next day of 9 January, finally overcoming the confusion generated by the measures of the ASL. Finally, Lega Serie A expresses its satisfaction with today's interventions by Minister Gelmini and the Undersecretary for Sport Vezzali, aimed at finding solutions in the interest of the regularity of the championship and safety for the players. It is hoped, in fact, that the next meeting announced by the Government will finally be able, once and for all, to identify coordination tools of the territorial ASLs and guarantee the correct conduct of the Serie A TIM championship by ensuring a uniform procedure for managing positive situations in the teams. ".

VEZZALI: "PERMANENT CONTROL ROOM ON CHAMPIONSHIPS"

 "As the competent government authority for sport, I am monitoring the situation linked to the conduct of various sports competitions in the light of recent health data and I confirm that the government is perfectly aware of the uneasy situation that the whole world of sport is going through". The undersecretary with responsibility for Sport, Valentina Vezzali, says in a note. "The control room is a tool that I have taken into consideration, all the more following the current stimulus of the Serie A Football League and I intend to set it up as soon as possible, in consultation with Minister Speranza and Minister Gelmini, with the necessary skills to identify the solution or suitable solutions, in order to create a uniform behavior of the local health authorities through a national coordination, so that we can get out of this state of uncertainty about the conduct of competitions that is clearly damaging the entire sport sector ", he adds .