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Italy considering football resumption

Published:Thursday | April 16, 2020 | 12:06 AM
A Serie A match between Inter Milan and Juventus at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy, on Sunday March 8, 2020. The match was played to a closed stadium as a measure against coronavirus contagion.
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A Serie A match between Inter Milan and Juventus at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, Italy, on Sunday March 8, 2020. The match was played to a closed stadium as a measure against coronavirus contagion.

Italian football will likely resume with the Serie A before the two lower divisions.

The Italian football federation, also known as Federcalcio, met with its medical commission and says it could consider a staggered start “with priority to Serie A”.

The medical commission has also recommended that when clubs resume training, they do so in training camps with limited access and with strict screening protocols.

Federation president Gabriele Gravina says “we are working without rushing, but without stopping, so we will be ready when the relevant institutions give us the go-ahead”.