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Inter Milan 's Serie A game at Bologna descended into farce on Thursday as the hosts failed to turn up after the team were placed into quarantine. Rising COVID cases in the Bologna squad meant the local health authority ASL placed the team into quarantine for days from Wednesday, meaning they could not take part in their scheduled home clash with Inter, which was meant to kick off at With Serie A refusing to cancel matches, Inter were forced to turn up and train before the game, as normal, with officials even tasked with inspecting the pitch despite there being no sign of any Bologna players.

Serie A rules state that Inter are set to be awarded a victory pending any appeal by Bologna. However, Inter director Beppe Marotta, who was in attendance in Bologna, said the system was not working.

I would limit the ASL's power, otherwise we'll always face similar situations in the future. Following another Serie A meeting on Thursday, the league released a statement saying a new protocol would be put in place stipulating that teams must fulfil their fixtures if they have 13 fit players born before Dec. Clubs can pick players from their first team and youth side who have tested negative at least 24 hours before a game. The club who do not show up for a match will be deducted one point while the team who attend will be awarded a victory.

Juventus were initially awarded a win after similar scenes last season against Napoli. Four games did not take place on Thursday. Bottom side Salernitana were due face Venezia but their local health authority forced the squad into a five-day quarantine. Udinese and Torino had also been placed in isolation and blocked from travelling to Fiorentina and Atalanta respectively. Serie A later released a further statement in response to the various health authorities' actions.

Valentina Vezzali, Italy's sport undersecretary, said on Thursday she wanted to create a control room that enabled "uniform behaviour of the local health authorities through a national coordination.

The Serie A protocol in place awards a victory to the team who shows up for the match — in this case Inter — and the club who does not attend is deducted one point. Milan put Covid concerns to one side as they beat Roma to close the gap on leaders Internazionale to one point as the visitors finished with nine men. The quality was really lacking today.

Weston McKennie missed a simple chance with his head in the opening stages before Napoli went in front through Dries Mertens in the 23rd minute.

Juve returned for the second half looking like a different side, and despite equalising with Chiesa in the 54th minute could not force a winner. Mihajlovic believes that the organisers of the Australian Open are at fault and insisted that his fellow Serbian is not responsible. Djokovic has been sent to a deportation hotel in Melbourne for refugees and asylum seekers and will have his case heard on Monday.

His supporters in Serbia have been seen gathering in large numbers to protest his treatment in Melbourne. Mihajlovic commented that the situation has made Djokovic 'an anti-vaxx hero'. As reported by Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport , Mihajlovic said: 'It's a tricky situation, to me, organisers are at fault. If he went to Australia, it means that there were the conditions to give him a medical exemption. It's ridiculous to the world's No 1-ranked male tennis player locked inside a deportation hotel, even if that could shed light on the condition of asylum seekers.

Video: Djokovic's family outraged at Australia Reuters. By doing what they did, they made Djokovic become an anti-vaxx hero. Djokovic's legal team claimed in recent days that he was subjected to an eight-hour ordeal in which airport security refused to let him sleep, denied him time to speak to his lawyers and unlawfully cancelled his visa.

Djokovic was said to be 'shocked and confused' by the remarkable scenes that unfolded overnight in Melbourne 's Tullamarine Airport on January , with the Serbian insisting he had complied with all the authorities' requirements for entering the country.

His lawyers claim that the border security staff made a 'mischievous and spurious' attempt to rush Djokovic into agreeing to the cancellation of his visa, thus preventing him from competing in next week's Australian Open.

There will be a court hearing on Monday to determine what happens next for the nine-time Australian Open champion a week out from the tournament. Mihajlovic's Bologna side have been heavily affected by Covid, with the team being forced into quarantine this week.

Bologna's game against Inter Milan was abandoned in farcical scenes, with Inter forced to train and turn up for the game even though there weren't any Bologna players present.