Italian league set to resume despite 10% of players positive

Published January 4, 2022 6:41 AM

By ANDREW DAMPF
AP Sports Writer

ROME (AP) — One out of every 10 players in Serie A is positive with the coronavirus as the Italian league prepares to resume after a two-week break for the holidays. Full slates of 10 matches involving all 20 clubs are scheduled to be played both Thursday and Sunday. Last-place Salernitana is the hardest hit with nine of its players having COVID-19. Leading players like Giorgio Chiellini and Victor Osimhen are also out with the virus. Stadium capacities have been reduced from 75% to 50% following a government decree aimed at combatting the latest outbreak and spectators must now wear FFP2 masks.

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