Napoli, De Laurentiis referred for the match against Juventus

On 6 January Lobotka, Rrahmani and Zielinski in Turin on the day of 1-1. The FIGC prosecutor deferred the Azzurri’s president and health manager for violating the ASL provision

Stanislav Lobotka, Amir Rrahmani and Piotr Zielinski were in home quarantine on 6 January, but were still on the pitch for the Serie A Epiphany match against Juventus at Allianz Stadium, which ended 1-1. For this reason, the president of Napoli, Aurelio De Laurentiis, the health manager Raffaele Canonico and the same company were referred by the prosecutor of the Federcalcio. The motivation, according to the press release from the FIGC, is “for having allowed Lobotka, Rrahmani and Zielinski to have participated in the Juventus-Napoli match despite the home quarantine ordered by the ASL”. The three had been stopped as close contacts of positives but still without a booster dose and with a second dose of vaccine more than 120 days ago.

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Napoli’s decision

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At the time of the events, Napoli – after consulting their lawyers – had considered it correct to deploy them because in line with the “soft” quarantine established by the Football Federation in June 2020 and still valid for sporting purposes. Which allowed athletes to go home-to-work, therefore train and play. For the so-called “softened” quarantine established on December 30, 2021, the three would have had to isolate themselves, according to the protocol.

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The referral

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The referral came “for failing to enforce or in any case for failing to monitor compliance with the rules on health checks, and in particular for allowing or, in any case, not preventing the players Stanislav Lobotka, Amir Rrhamani and Piotr Zielinski to leave Naples for Turin by plane on January 5, together with the rest of the team, and to participate in the match valid for the Serie A Juventus-Napoli on January 6. All this despite the three the aforementioned players had been subjected to home quarantine until January 9, as ordered by the ASL Napoli 2-NORD communicated on January 5 at 17.01. The company was deferred to respond as direct responsibility for the violation of Article 6, paragraph 1, of the current CGS, for the behavior put in place by the president Aurelio De Laurentiis and by way of objective responsibility for the violation of art.6, paragraph 2, of the current CGS, for the behavior put in place by the health manager Raffaele Canonico “.

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