Lazio, tampons chaos. From the fine to the exclusion from the championship: this is what cheaters risk

Lotito risks big. This is what transpires from the investigations launched by Prosecutor of the FIGC for the suspected positive cases of Lazio. In fact, yesterday theUefa blocked the players Immobile, Leiva and Strakosha, positive swab results: the same as they had been mysteriously excluded from the squad list for the match against Brugge last week and suddenly returned to play for the match against Torino only 72 hours later. Precisely these alternate cases of positivity al Covid-19 they forced the Federation to open an internal investigation against the Biancocelesti.

As reported The Gazzetta dello Sport, Lazio can now go to meet some serious consequences, but only if the violation is confirmed by the Prosecutor. According to the protocol “according to its gravity, the sanctions pursuant to art. 8 ranging from fines, penalties, relegation to last place up to exclusion from the championship. The seriousness of the violation is assessed according to the risk to the health of the players, staff, referees and all the professionals exposed to the infection from Covid-19, as well as the ascertained intention to alter the course or the result of a race or competition“.

The Federation has now arranged two inspections at the Sports Center in Formello, to verify compliance with the health protocols, he acquired the reports of the swabs carried out before the contested match and has already listened to the president Lotito.

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