Football: Serie A facing 1st postponed game after Salernitana banned from travelling
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Napoli's Stanislav Lobotka (right) and AC Milan's Olivier Giroud during the Italian Serie A football match on Dec 19 at the San Siro stadium.
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ROME (REUTERS) - Italy's Serie A was facing its first coronavirus-enforced fixture disruption this season on Tuesday (Dec 21) after an outbreak of the virus at Salernitana meant the bottom side could not travel for their game against Udinese on Tuesday.
Salernitana said in a statement on Tuesday morning that the local health authority (ASL) in Salerno had requested a suspension of activity and prohibited their involvement in sporting events after positive cases emerged within the squad.
The league body has yet to comment, and the fixture is still officially scheduled to take place at 6.30pm local time on Tuesday (Wednesday morning 1.30am in Singapore).
Salernitana are bottom of Serie A with eight points, while Udinese are 14th with 20 points.
