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Food Poisoning Throws Salernitana’s Relegation Fight Into Turmoil
PROVINCE OF SALERNO, CAMPANIA, JUN 16 – Salernitana postponed their Serie B relegation playoff after 21 players and staff suffered severe food poisoning, forcing a delay to the second leg scheduled for June 20.
- Salernitana, a Serie B football club, suffered a 2-0 defeat to Sampdoria in the first leg of their relegation play-off in mid-June 2025.
- Following the match, a food poisoning outbreak affected 21 players and staff, hospitalizing many and prompting Salernitana to request a postponement of the scheduled Friday second leg.
- Salernitana's CEO Maurizio Milan expressed shock over the incident, emphasizing the risk of it disrupting the club’s preparations for the season's critical final games.
- Four ambulances treated the team upon arrival at Salerno-Costa d'Amalfi Airport, and police began an investigation into the cause of the widespread food poisoning linked to the team's hotel and in-flight meal.
- Serie B officials have shown a willingness to consider Salernitana's postponement request, but the club faces the risk of back-to-back demotions unless they manage to overcome their current deficit amid ongoing health difficulties.
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Players from the Italian football club Salernitana were hit by food poisoning, and therefore it was decided to postpone an important relegation match by two days.
After the defeat in the playout d'andata with the Samp (which should have been relegated), 21 between players and staff of the bells were terrible. The fault of a rice cantonese badly preserved: exchanges of accusations between club and hotel. Date of return? Unknown.Three stories, one more absurd than the other, are...
The hypothesis of Bacillus cereus, typical of rice left at room temperature: releases toxins that can cause vomiting and diarrhoea
Oliver Christensen's Salernitana is hit by food poisoning before the return match to avoid relegation to Serie C.
Salernitana has asked for an investigation into the serious food poisoning among players and staff. According to some Italian media, it is a case of intent. "We would like to know the cause," club director Maurizio Milan said in a statement.
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Salernitana's fight against relegation chaos, hit by food poisoning that hospitalized much of the squad. The Serie B team requests postponement of the critical match against Sampdoria due to the illness, endangering their effort to avoid consecutive relegations after last season's drop from Serie A.
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