The FIGC medical commission claims the Government is ‘throwing a spanner in the works’ and with the changes to the COVID-19 protocol, ‘Serie A will not resume.’
There is a battle of medical, technical and scientific committees breaking out, as the one formed by the Football Federation (FIGC) saw its protocol for training rejected again by the Government’s (CTS) panel of experts.
The FIGC medical commission claims the Government is ‘throwing a spanner in the works’ and with the changes to the COVID-19 protocol, ‘Serie A will not resume.’
There is a battle of medical, technical and scientific committees breaking out, as the one formed by the Football Federation (FIGC) saw its protocol for training rejected again by the Government’s (CTS) panel of experts.
They are demanding that if one player or member of staff tests positive for coronavirus after contact training has begun, the entire group must go into quarantine for 15 days.
It means effectively the season would be over if anyone catches COVID-19 after Monday.
“If we don’t find a solution, Serie A will not resume,” said Pino Capua, member of the FIGC medical commission and President of the anti-doping commission, to Sportmediaset.
“The German model is entirely applicable, I don’t understand why they won’t let us follow it in Italy too. The CTS has thrown a spanner in the works.
“The objective for everyone should be to get football going again, and I believe if we sit down at a table and discuss it reasonable, we’ll find a solution.”
The German model adopted by the Bundesliga is for only the person who tests positive to be quarantined, while the rest have more blanket swab and blood tests.
“I am extremely convinced that with the presence of an association that includes all the medics who work in football, we can resolve this issue. As for the amateur players, we’d have to wait for the vaccine, because there is no zero risk until that happens.”