Udinese-Roma, recovery date decided: the Giallorossi’s request rejected. The club: “Unfair, a step backwards for Italy”

Udinese-Roma will end on Thursday 25 April at 8pm Serie A League confirmed what had been learned in recent days, rejecting Roma’s request to play in May. The match at the Bluenergy Stadium, valid for the thirty-second matchday of the championship, was interrupted in the 71st minute of the second half after Evan Ndicka fell ill and the match was subsequently suspended.

The Roma calendar

The votes of Empoli, Verona and Atalanta were decisive in choosing the date. Roma will then have to play in Naples against Calzona’s team on 28 April before the first leg of the Europa League semi-final against Bayer Leverkusen scheduled at the Olympic Stadium on 2 May.

The press release from the Lega Serie A

“The president of Lega Serie A, given AS Roma’s request to play SSC Napoli on Saturday 27 April and thus postpone the recovery of the 18 minutes of the interrupted match against Udinese until at least mid-May – reads the press release -, has the League Council was urgently convened today. The Council confirmed the application of article 30, paragraph 3, of the Lega Serie A Statute, which provides that the continuation of interrupted matches, as in the case of Udinese-Roma, is carried out within 15 days of the interruption. The recovery of the remaining minutes of the match in question will therefore take place on 25 April at 8pm, the first available date within the 15 days provided for by the Statute and at a time that facilitates the organisation. of the away match for the host club. The date of the Napoli-Roma match will consequently be set taking into account the needs expressed by AS Roma”.

Roma: “Unjust decision, a step backwards for Italy”

Roma did not like the decision and immediately responded to the Lega Serie A with a statement: “AS Roma, with its European results and four consecutive semi-finals, has contributed to the UEFA ranking and therefore to the fifth slot for Italian teams in the next Champions League like few other clubs – we read in the note -. Despite this, Lega Serie A president Lorenzo Casini today endorsed an unjust decision that will force Roma to face Bayer Leverkusen, at a disadvantage. This represents a clear step backwards for the entire football system in Italy.”