Good news. In a joint statement on Monday 11 May 2020, Italy Health Minister Roberto Speranza and Italy Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora, had given the ok for the Serie A group training to restart on Monday 18 May 2020.
According to Spadafora, “I think we will need at least another week to see the contagion curve and then decide on the championship.” The Serie A stopped on Week 26 due to the Coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak and will resume Week 27. Reportedly, COVID-19 has killed nearly 31,000 people in Italy.
Here are the Serie A Standing 5 top positions with Juventus leading in the first position with 63 points followed by Lazio in the second position with 62 points. The third position is for Inter with 54 points being -9 points below the leader. Up to Serie A Week 26, it seems a two-way race for the Scudetto.
RANK
TEAM
GP
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
POINTS
1
Juventus
26
20
3
3
50
24
26
63
2
Lazio
26
19
5
2
60
23
37
62
3
Internazionale
25
16
6
3
49
24
25
54
4
Atalanta
25
14
6
5
70
34
36
48
5
Roma
26
13
6
7
51
35
16
45
The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) states that for the start of team training, each club should form a group of players, technical staff, doctors, physiotherapists, and other staff who have tested negative for the coronavirus and isolate them in a summer-style training camp. Protocol to follow include that all members of the group should be tested for the coronavirus in the 96 hours before the start of the training camp. They will also be subject to extensive swab and antibody testing during the camp.
Regarding players who have previously tested positive with COVID-19 and recovered will follow additional medical tests to find out if there are underlying health issues or side effects.
The Italian government has allowed the teams to return to individual training sessions in team facilities from May 4, 2020. However, since the return to training, Fiorentina and Sampdoria announced 10 positive tests. Torino also with the first player tested positive.
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This is the updated list of the Italian Serie A players tested positive with the Coronavirus COVID-19. The first case with Coronavirus was Juventus defender Daniele Rugani on 11 March 2020. Players followed a self-isolation as a precautionary measure to avoid contaminating others.
👉 Last update: Thursday 7 May 2020
JUVENTUS FC (3)
Defender Daniele Rugani (Wednesday 11 March 2020)
Midfielder Matuidi Blasise (Tuesday 17 March 2020)
Forward Paulo Dybala (Saturday 21 March 2020)
SAMPDORIA (7 +4)
Forward Manolo Gabbiadini (Thursday 12 March 2020)
Defender Omar Colley (Friday 13 March 2020)
Midfielder Albin Ekdal (Friday 13 March 2020)
Forward Antonino La Gumina (Friday 13 March 2020)
Midfielder Morten Thorsby (Friday 13 March 2020)
Defender Fabio Depaoli (Saturday 14 March 2020)
Defender Bartosz Bereszynski (Saturday 14 March 2020)
NOTE: The club doctor Amedeo Baldari have also tested positive for the Coronavirus COVID-19 (Friday 13 March 2020)
NOTE: On Thursday 7 May 2020, Sampdoria informed three more positive cases of COVID-19 and 1 testing again positive. All of the asymptomatic and the names were not revealed.
FIORENTINA (3 +6)
Dusan Vlahovic (Friday 13 March 2020)
Patrick Cutrone (Saturday 14 March 2020)
German Pezzella (Saturday 14 March 2020)
NOTE: Fiorentina physiotherapist Stefano Dainelli also positive with COVID-19 on Saturday 14 March 2020.
NOTE: On Thursday 7 May 2020, Fiorentina announced there were 6 players testing positive after the tests conducted on Wednesday 6 May including 3 players and 3 staff.
HELLAS VERONA (1)
Midfielder Mattia Zacagni (Tuesday 17 March 2020)
AC MILAN (1)
Daniel Maldini (Saturday 21 March 2020)
Note: Ex-Captain Paolo Maldini, the club’s Technical Director, also tested positive.
ATALANTA (1)
Goalkeeper Marco Sportiello (Tuesday 2 March 2020)
TORINO (1)
One player confirmed positive with COVID-19. The Club decided to keep the name of the player private (reportedly, Italian player) . The test was conducted on Wednesday 6 May ahead of the first day training after the outbreak. (Thursday 7 May 2020).
By Anna Italia
