What will be the fate of the Lyon-Juventus Turin match on Wednesday evening, in the round of 16 first leg of the Football Champions League? If the concern linked to the increase in the cases of contamination with the coronavirus does not cease growing in Italy (and in France), that several matches of the transalpine football championship were postponed last weekend, the match between Lyonnais and Turinois is well maintained. For the time being.
About 2,000 Italian supporters are expected in Lyon on Wednesday for the match. They must come from Italy, not only from the Turin region but from all over Italy (the club being very popular throughout the peninsula), to walk the streets of downtown Lyon on Wednesday, return to Groupama Stadium in the evening.
On Monday, concern rose in Lyon…
For a time, an order prohibiting the movement of transalpine supporters was discussed on Monday. But it is not envisaged for the moment, even if the authorities still leave the day of Tuesday to possibly take a contrary decision. Depending on the evolution of the situation. "The trend is not to ban," authorities said Monday evening.
On Monday early in the afternoon, concern was mounting in Lyon after a bus connecting Milan to Lyon was stopped at the Lyon-Perrache station, after stopping at Grenoble. A security system was quickly put in place. The driver was coughing a lot and had flu-like symptoms. He was suspected of possibly being infected with the coronavirus. Finally, at the end of Monday, the regional health agency Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes said, after various tests, that the driver was not carrying the virus.
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