The shock at the top of Serie A will not take place. At least not this weekend. The meeting between Juventus, leader of the Italian Championship, and Inter Milan, 3rd, was to be held this Sunday, behind closed doors, due to the epidemic of coronavirus, which is blazing in the country. Finally, the Italian Football League, which points to "the extraordinary emergency in protecting health and public safety", decided to postpone it to May 13.
OFFICIAL | #JuveInter has been postponed until Wednesday May 13th, 2020, in compliance with the "Urgent measures for the containment and management of the epidemiological emergency of COVID-19".
Here is the communication from Lega @SerieA ➡️ https://t.co/NMo158nDGs pic.twitter.com/H3TAe6SXqu
Four other meetings are concerned by this report: AC Milan - Genoa, Parma - Spal, Sassuolo - Brescia and Udinese - Fiorentina.
A final meeting took place this Saturday morning, between Serie A, the government, regional authorities and the scientific committee overseeing the epidemic. According to "La Gazzetta dello Sport", the largest Italian sports daily, the various players want to avoid giving the image of an Italy paralyzed by the coronavirus with empty stadiums, Juventus - Inter to be broadcast in 170 countries.