The two days of the Serie B championship scheduled for 26 and 29 December have been postponed due to covid cases. This was decided by the Assembly of the League gathered in videoconference with all the companies of the cadet championship present.
“The clubs have decided – according to the note issued at the end of the Assembly -, in order to protect the health and regularity of the competition, the postponement of the matches of the 19th first leg and the 1st second leg, initially scheduled for 26 and 29 December, then keeping the tournament calendar unchanged. The championship will then resume the weekend of 15 January 2022 from the 19th day, with the recoveries Benevento-Monza and Lecce-LR Vicenza scheduled for January 13. Two midweek rounds introduced on 15 and February 22 coinciding with the 4th and 6th day of return “.
“We had a problem with the Omicron variant that affected several companies. We discussed with the companies and decided to resume on January 15th as scheduled, with the recoveries of the 18th day on the 13th. We will recover the days originally foreseen on the 15th and on the 22nd with as many midweek shifts “, says the president of the Serie B League Mauro Balata, to the microphones of Sky Sport. “In general, I think we need greater coordination between the various local health authorities – adds Balata -. We need a single management that makes decisions that allow the clubs to work peacefully”.