After the resumption of individual training on May 4, soon matches in Italy? Meeting this Wednesday, the General Assembly of the Lega Calcio (the Italian League) voted, by a large majority, for a return to the championship on June 13. The proposed schedule includes matches every three or four days, ending on August 2. The return semifinals (July 1) and the final (July 22) of the Italian Cup are also scheduled.
"With regard to the resumption of sports activities and in compliance with government decisions and in accordance with medical protocols for the protection of players, the date of June 13 for the resumption of the championship has been indicated", writes the Lega Calcio in a communicated. But there is still a long way to go ... The government must already approve the resumption of collective training for June 18. And a little earlier, on Wednesday, the Italian Minister of Sports, Vincenzo Spadafora, displayed great caution in a speech before the Senate.
"If the championship resumes, as we all hope, it will be because we will have made this decision after a thoughtful series of actions and protocols allowing to resume in safety, for all. At the supermarket, it is possible to maintain distances and use protections. Football is by nature a sport where you cannot maintain distances. The players must run, mark themselves, find themselves in the penalty area, "said the minister before the Senate.
Lads put through their paces as individual sessions continues 🎥
In Milanello si continua con il lavoro atletico della squadra # SempreMilan pic.twitter.com/GsvOo9HP8R
The most delicate point concerns the obligation for clubs to quarantine their entire workforce for fifteen days, as well as the staff, as soon as a positive case appears. “Our sport is a contact sport and it is a problem to be solved. The question is not how to treat the sick person, but it is clear that if the whole team has to go to quarantine, there is a problem ", underlines Umberto Calcagno, vice-president of the AIC, the professional players union.