Overview

• Twenty-one members of Salernitana’s playing and coaching staff were hospitalized with severe gastrointestinal symptoms after a team meal on the flight home from Genoa.
• Most of those affected were discharged within hours but a number of players and staff remain under medical care.
• The club has formally asked Lega Serie B to postpone Friday’s second leg against Sampdoria to allow for player recovery.
• CEO Maurizio Milan said informal discussions with league officials have produced a “general openness” to the postponement request.
• Police in Genoa have opened an inquiry into the outbreak’s cause, and Salernitana has canceled training sessions pending the investigation.