Players of eight Serie A clubs set to begin individual training
Football | May 03, 2020 15:57 ISTSports minister Vincenzo Spadafora is seeking clarification from the government’s techno-scientific coronavirus commission.
Sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora is seeking clarification from the government’s techno-scientific coronavirus commission.
Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte announced Sunday that professional sports teams can resume training on May 18. That means Serie A could resume playing games in June.
The move means that the Serie A league could resume playing games in June — albeit without any fans in the stadiums.
The 2019/20 season of Italian Serie A has been extended till August 2 due to coronavirus outbreak.
Earlier last week, several clubs like Sampdoria and Torino opposed the decision with Brescia saying that they would rather want matches to be forfeited than be played in stadiums.
Seria A competition has been suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak. All Juventus players were quarantined after Blaise Matuidi, Daniele Rugani and Paolo Dybala tested positive for COVID-19
The league added, “it remains understood that the clubs will define the agreements directly with their members.”
There has been no sport in Italy since March 9 as a result of the spread of coronavirus, with the Serie A initially going behind closed doors before the shutdown occurred.
Clubs and governing bodies are trying to figure a way to complete the remaining games of their respective leagues when the coronavirus pandemic allows.
Depaoli is the 10th Serie A player confirmed positive and the sixth at Sampdoria.
Sampdoria says 28-year-old forward Manolo Gabbiadini “has a fever but he’s doing well.” The Serie A club and adds that it is “activating all the isolation procedures provided for by law.”
Daniele Rugani, who also plays for the Italian national team, is the first player in the country's top division to test positive for the disease.
Aaron Ramsey and Paulo Dybala scored for Juventus as they beat Inter Milan 2-0 in an empty stadium amid coronavirus outbreak.
Italy is the epicenter of Europe's coronavirus outbreak and more than 100 people have died and more than 3,000 have been infected with COVID-19.
Serie A made the announcement late Tuesday -- less than 24 hours before the second-leg match was scheduled to kick off.
Five games scheduled in the top tier of the Italian league this weekend were postponed on Saturday in an attempt to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
Inter Milan were to take on Juventus in a key fixture for the Serie A title on March 1.
The Serie A game between Juventus and Inter Milan will take place in an empty stadium because of the coronavirus outbreak in Italy.
Thursday’s Europa League match at San Siro between Inter Milan and Ludogorets was the first to be confirmed as going ahead in an empty stadium, with the Italian club releasing a statement on Monday night.
On orders from the Italian government, the games called off were: Inter Milan vs. Sampdoria, Atalanta vs. Sassuolo and Hellas Verona vs. Cagliari.
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