From Serie A to the European Championship, football fears its black swan

Football in the time of the Coronavirus. From chaos calendars to games behind closed doors, to the fear of contagion. In Denmark, four players from the local series of two different teams - Brondby and Lingby - are in precautionary quarantine for an infected manager. A scenario feared by leagues across Europe, not only the Italian one, because it would mean stopping the leagues, beyond personal repercussions. For n.1 of the Assocalciatori, Damiano Tommasi "Uefa will have to consider the idea of ​​postponing Euro 2020, to give more time to the championships: the coronavirus is not only an Italian problem, and now the time horizon is widening ". Meanwhile, the city of Nuremberg has sided with the cancellation of the friendly match between Italy and England scheduled for March 31st. The fear for the Germans is the arrival of Italian fans.
The fear of contagion belongs to everyone, even to the stars of the ball. The fear of any person is underneath: that the infection also touches one of them and Damiano Tommasi does not hide it. "There is a risk also for us players, we must take all the precautions for the safety of those who play: on the pitch the distance of one meter cannot be respected, but all measures must be taken to guarantee the safety of those who at the stadium, including staff and staff, to minimize that risk. Among the players there are those who are convinced of going forward and those who express concerns, there are many foreigners and what is happening is there for all to see. from abroad to Italy ... ". Today the sports medical federation has met with the doctors of the clubs and has dictated the new guidelines, in the light of the decree which provides for closed doors as well as the obligation to check all those present in the facilities without the public: the social doctors will , in training and pre-school retreats, also check the temperature of the players.
The players are worried, the families are worried, the clubs are also worried: a possible first infected among the professionals would be the black swan of football, and not only Italian: "What would happen if, and obviously nobody hopes, there was a case also in A? We have seen what happened with the Pianese in C, the team in quarantine. The health rules are valid for everyone, even for professionals ".