The Republic of Ireland lost a seat at Euro 2020 after wasting rather cruel consequences.
Which twisted the knife that the team put at a disadvantage from two players in very good shape for the opposite adjustment to Slovakia by the social ditch regulations of the country’s coronavirus.
Aaron Connolly and Adam Idah, of the striker, were eliminated from the team because they sat too close to one of the behind-the-scenes staff members who then tested positive for COVID-19.
If the stars of Brighton and Hove Albion and Norwich City had represented England, Scotland or Wales, the distance in question would have prevented their participation.
But, because the Irish Sea was stricter, both players were excluded.
“We have other regulations in Ireland than those in the UK, they are much stricter,” says new technical director Stephen Kenny.
“It was very, very difficult for them to be excluded. They were perfectly fine, there was nothing with them.
“If they were in the UK, they would have been entitled to play, but Ireland has stricter regulations and we had to respect medical advice. “
We can only speculate on the effect players might have had, but wasting two of the threats of their first choice is an inconvenience.
This handicap is not the result of sports authority regulations that are the same for everyone, it is the country-specific government law that hit the team.
This raises the question: is it conimaginable to maintain the integrity of cross-border foreign football with such differences in coronavirus regulations?
A week before the distance between aircraft seats harmed Ireland’s chances of participating in Euro 2020, a similar show took place in Turin, Italy.
Juventus players put on uniforms to participate in the masquerade to show off at Allianz Stadium for their home game against Napoli, which was shown and intended to do so.
The Neapolitans said their local fitness authority had ordered the club not to go to Turin after revealing that Napoli’s parties to the conflict last week, Genoa had 17 players who tested positive for coronavirus.
However, league organizers said the Naples fitness authority had not taken into account the protocol agreed between the Italian state and Serie A.
Napoli, caught between Serie A and the government, faces the prospect of a 3-0 win through Juventus for non-performance.
It is a sanction that the president of Juventus, Andrea Agnelli, vigorously defends.
“Sports regulations are transparent and say that if a team shows up, it’s a matter of disciplinary action,” he said.
“The sporting trial will talk tomorrow, and based on your decision, there will be extra reflections. Clearly, the fact that a team doesn’t make it in a stadium to play a scheduled setting doesn’t give a wonderful symbol of Italian football. “
Given all the complexities of regional fitness government regulations and the extent to which the virus has affected Italy, it is unlikely to be a remote event.
The fact that the leaders of the most important Italian football groups have traditionally exerted an extravagant influence on the decisions of Serie A officials does not help.
The coronavirus is the most recent figure involved in accusations that some groups are treated by the government compared to others.
Complaints from Inter Milan technician Antonio Conte about how the postponement of the attack after the lockout was dealt with turn out that accusations of injustice are never far away.
“You can see we weren’t there when they made the match list,” Conte said. “There are other conditions in which groups have five days off. This is the third consecutive match to be played against a team that has had one more. day that we.
“It’s Inter who falls short. It’s strange. “
If Juventus achieve a comfortable victory against Napoli, one of their toughest rivals, without having to face them, there is a clever chance that this will affect the Serie A result.
Should the Neapolitan Health Authority be blamed if the three problems for which Napoli would have been disadvantaged by the opportunity to compete demonstrate who will win the name or qualify for the Champions League?
That’s not a consultation I’d like to make, but next summer, if the trend continues, there will be a stack of similar court cases across the continent.
The scenario is unlikely to do so in the coming weeks, as coronavirus infection rates will expand in European countries, resulting in new batches of other regional authorities regulations.
This may have come at a worse time with the resumption of the Champions League after the foreign stop.
The disorders faced by the Irish national team and Naples will be reproduced at Europe’s most lucrative annual football festival.
The controversy caused by the non-presentation of the groups or the exclusion of the players will be accentuated as the season reaches its final stages.
Veteran British radio personality Danny Baker caused a stir last week by suggesting on Twitter that none of the football matches of this era would be taken seriously in the coming years.
“In the future, all those effects will have an asterisk next to them indicating ‘COVID Season’ and others will treat them like war games,” he tweeted.
If you think Ireland has lost the chance to play in its first primary tournament in 4 years in a component because two players were sitting on a plane, it’s hard to discuss that.
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