Inizialmente era stato escluso il recupero in settimana delle 4 gare rinviate, tanto da far “fuggire” le squadre in trasferta. Poi…
Turin, Udinese, Cagliari, Fiorentina, Genoa, Lazio, Parma and Juventus will play tomorrow the matches initially scheduled for Easter Monday. A decision, that of the Lega di Serie A, announced about four hours after the postponement was made official as a sign of mourning for the death of Pope Francis. Four hours in which several hypotheses were examined: the possibility or not of inserting the matches in the middle of the current week or in the following ones, taking into account the already drawn up calendar of the next two days, possible commitments in the Cups (as in the case of Fiorentina) as well as other issues.
One thing emerged with certainty immediately in the first moments. There would be no catch-up in the week: in fact, as it immediately transpired, the A-League had initially ruled out such a narrow catch-up.
Squadre rientrate di corsa, stop Fiorentina all’ultimo istante
The moves of the away teams bear witness to this: Udinese left the retreat site, heading for Caselle, to return to Udine via charter, Lazio did the same after leaving Genoa, and Juventus returned from Parma. Fiorentina, as reported yesterday afternoon by online media outlets, was about to do the same but in the case of the Viola the timing decided for a different ending. The team was on the plane when, just before takeoff, the decision came: so in a hurry the players turned around, staying in Cagliari. It would have made little sense (so it was for the others, especially those who faced flights such as Udinese and Lazio) to return and then return, today, to training camp.
L’Udinese è partita ieri e oggi sarà di nuovo in città
A change of course, to stay on topic, that infuriated everyone. The moves of those who chose to hurry back testify that the A League has suddenly changed its mind. It seemed that Toro could in fact make up the match with Udinese in 2 weeks (the next one would have been impossible due to the absence of a useful date and had, indeed, been ruled out) and in fact the Friulians adjusted their plans. Return to Udine, day off and then meet again today. Only today the players will experience a new eve, a new trip.
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