Referee Daniele Doveri, right, flanked by assistants Filippo Meli and Daniele Bindoni inspect the pitch of the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy, Oct 4, 2020,  ahead of the scheduled Serie A soccer match between Juventus and Napoli. (TANO PECORARO / LAPRESSE VIA AP)

ROME - Napoli are likely to be handed a 3-0 loss to Juventus as the Coppa Italia holders were unable to travel on Sunday, while Inter Milan and Lazio shared the spoils 1-1, with both sides finishing with 10 men.

Napoli was banned from traveling by local health authorities, after Piotr Zielinski and Eljif Elmas tested positive for COVID-19.

Despite the Azzurri's request to postpone the game, the Serie A league enforced the rule that as long as a team has 13 players available including a goalkeeper, the game can go ahead.

Juventus arrived at the Allianz stadium and match officials were also present but after a regulation 45-minute wait, the match was officially called off with Serie A describing it as “not played” on its website as Napoli did not show up. Under Serie A rules, Juventus are likely to be handed a 3-0 win

With the Serie A league refusing to call the game off, Juventus arrived at the Allianz stadium in Turin in their team bus one hour before the scheduled kickoff time and announced their lineup while match officials were also present.

The floodlights were turned on, the match day music was played and photographs showed Juventus players on the pitch in training kits -- with Napoli still in Naples.

After a regulation 45-minute wait, the match was officially called off with Serie A describing it as “not played” on its website. Under Serie A rules, Juventus are likely to be handed a 3-0 win.

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A Napoli spokesman confirmed to Reuters hours before kickoff that the team had been placed into isolation by the health authority (ASL) after two players tested positive in the last four days. He said they would challenge any decision to forfeit the game.

An official from the Naples ASL confirmed in a television interview that the Napoli players had been ordered to stay at home.

“We’ve never expressly said they can’t play but it’s clear that is a consequence,” he said.

Earlier, Serie A insisted the game go ahead, saying the ASL had failed to take into account the health protocol agreed between the country’s health and sports ministry and the football authorities.

This states that, if players test positive, the rest of the squad can still train and play again providing they are tested again and return negative results. The statement added that several matches had been played this season after teams had one or more players test positive.

Inter Milan's Lautaro Martinez, 2nd left, scores his side's opening goal during the Serie A soccer match between Lazio and Inter Milan at the Rome Olympic Stadium, Oct 4, 2020. (FABRIZIO CORRADETTI / LAPRESSE VIA AP)

In another highly-anticipated fixture between Inter and Lazio, Lautaro Martinez put Inter ahead in the 30th minute, while the Biancocelesti got the game back on level terms 10 minutes after the break with Sergej Milinkovic-Savic's powering header.

The game went into turmoil after that as Ciro Immobile was sent off in the 69th minute for slapping Arturo Vidal after being tripped by the Chilean, while Inter's midfielder Stefano Sensi also saw red in the dying minutes.

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AC Milan continued its good forms as the Rossoneri beat Spezia 3-0, including a Rafael Leao brace.

With five players on target, Atalanta enjoyed another convincing victory as the Dea crashed Cagliari 5-2.

Elsewhere, Parma edged Hellas Verona 1-0, Benevento also narrowed past Bologna 1-0. 

With Reuters' inputs