The Argentinian Paulo dybala, forward of Juventus Turin, apologized for participating in the night between this Wednesday and Thursday, along with his teammates, the Brazilian Arthur Melo and the American Weston McKennie, at a night party prohibited by Italian anti-coronavirus rules.
“I know that at such a difficult time in the world due to Covid-19 it would be better not to be wrong, but I was wrong staying out for dinner. It was not a party, but I was also wrong and I apologize, “he wrote Dybala on his Instagram account.
The dinner, which according to the Italian media was a night party, was organized at the home of McKennie on a hill near Turin (north) and had between ten and twenty guests, including Dybala, Arthur and their respective families.
The police, probably warned by the neighbors, went to the house of McKennie around 11:30 p.m. local time (21:30 GMT) and those present were fined.
The dinner was organized with less than three days to go before the important derby against him Torino next Saturday, an appointment in which Juventus is prohibited from failing after a very negative season so far.
The team of Andrea Pirlo, who lost 0-1 at home to recently promoted Benevento before the national break, is third and ten points behind leaders Inter Milan, in addition to being eliminated by Porto in the knockout stages of the Champions League . Of course, the Juventine team won the Italian Super Cup and is a finalist in the Italian Cup.