Quite the most surreal spectacle unfolding in Italy right now as Juventus prepare as normal - team bus to the stadium, starting XI posted on Twitter - to face a Napoli team that everybody knows is not going to show up, seeing as they are still back home in Naples.
For those who haven& #39;t been following: Napoli did not travel because 2 members of their first-team squad have tested positive for covid since they faced a Genoa team that has had (at last count) 17 players test positive. At the time when those teams played, Genoa had 2
Napoli& #39;s owner, Aurelio De Laurentiis says his team is following the instructions of local health authorities by staying put and isolating. But the Italian Football Federation& #39;s rules follow Uefa& #39;s in saying that if you have 13 healthy players, including a keeper, you can play
There& #39;s still a lot of misinformation flying around at this point. But both teams appear to be doing what they think they should, following contradicting protocols set by authorities with very different priorities.