The Italian government gave the green light on Sunday for a resumption on Monday of individual training for all sports, including collective disciplines such as football.
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Initially the resumption of training for team sports was scheduled for May 18, individual sports can resume on Monday, when Italy begins its deconfinement process. But several regions had decided Saturday to anticipate this call and authorized clubs, including football, to open the doors of their training centers to allow their players to exercise there, outdoors and at a distance. others.
“ Athletes, professional or not, from non-individual disciplines, are authorized, like all citizens, to exercise in public or private spaces, while respecting the rules of social distancing of at least two meters, thus that the ban on any gathering ”, according to a decree of the Ministry of the Interior. Training sessions must be held " in camera ".
Several 1st division football clubs, such as Roma, Parma, Bologna and even Sassuolo had announced their desire to open their pitches for their players who so wished. Sassuolo had however specified that his changing rooms, gymnasiums and administrative premises would remain inaccessible.
A government decision is awaited as for a resumption or not of the Italian Championship, interrupted since March 9, while there are twelve days left to play. The twenty Serie A clubs have repeatedly declared their intention to complete the current exercise, but the Minister of Sports Vincenzo Spadafora warned that the path was " increasingly narrow ".