BREAKING: Serie A resumes June 20

May 28, 2020

Juventus v FC Internazionale - Serie A — TURIN, ITALY - MARCH 08: Cristiano Ronaldo (L) of Juventus is challenged by Antonio Candreva of FC Internazionale during the Serie A match between Juventus and FC Internazionale at Allianz Stadium on March 8, 2020 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images )

NEWS DIGEST – Italy’s Serie A can resume on June 20 after a three-month absence in a country hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora said on Thursday.

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“The Technical and Scientific Committee gave its agreement on the protocol and the federation assured me that it had a plan B and a plan C,” Spadafora said after a meeting with Italian football chiefs.

“In the light of these considerations, the championship can resume on June 20.”

No top-flight matches have been played since Sassuolo beat Brescia 3-0 on March 9, before the championship was suspended by a pandemic which has killed over 33,000 people in Italy.

AFP