Napoli legal chief Grassani confident overturning Juventus 'match' result

Football
11 Nov 2020 • 11:19 AM MYT
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Napoli legal chief Mattia Grassani remains confident of replaying their abandoned game with Juventus.

Napoli have appealed against the 3-0 loss and one point deduction that they were handed when they missed their Serie A game against Juventus this season.

"It was an extremely long debate, extra large, I can't remember of any other of similar duration," Grassani told Radio Kiss Kiss.

“The debate was satisfactory, we put on the field our heart and our soul to explain that games must be played on the field.

“No other game ended with a 0-3 defeat by default and a point deduction. The role of the ASL was crucial with many other clubs that have been facing similar situations. This was the dominant theme.

“It was a very challenging debate, there were a lot of issues and, above all, what will come out of the judgment is also the credibility of the sports system.

“With the exponential increase of positive cases, sanctioning the missed trip to Turin, which was prevented by Naples' ASL would be an offense to all the fans and an attempt to the credibility of sport."