The Old Woman’s coach has been criticized by the Napoli boss for speaking out after CONI turned a version of a Serie A game
Andrea Pirlo should have been kept quiet rather than squatting into Napoli’s successful appeal against their 3-0 loss to Juventus and a one-point penalty, according to Aurelio De Laurentiis.
Napoli did not show Gennaro Gattuso for their game in Turin in October and caught a point with Serie A after arguing that they were banned from traveling by local health authorities because Piotr Zielinski, Eljif Elmas and employee tested positive for Covid -19.
Juventus also reported two positive cases among staff the day before the game but made it clear that they planned to play the game at the Allianz Stadium.
Pirlo XI announced a start but the game did not go ahead due to Napoli’s absence and was officially abandoned, but the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) ruled that the Partenopei had pay attention to the coronavirus protocols that were in place, which state that a team must complete a game if they do there are 13 players available, including a keeper.
Napoli refused to give up and took the matter to Collegio di Garanzia dello Sport of Italy’s National Olympic Committee – the country’s highest sports authority – and ruled in favor of the club on Tuesday. , with the reorganized game set to take place in 2021.
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Pirlo seemed to swipe at the decision this week, saying: “I’m sorry for the other teams that traveled and lost points without saying anything, left and played without those who had Covid-19. I’m sorry for them than for us. “
Napoli president De Laurentiis was not caught up in Pirlo’s comments and said he should stick to coaching instead of commenting on legal issues.
“Pirlo is not a lawyer by trade, he does not know some procedures and he does not know what happened in terms of protocols,” De Laurentiis told Radio Capital.
“Pirlo should be the coach and that’s it, leave specific answers for his club representatives.”