Lega Serie A President Paolo Dal Pino is confident Italian stadiums will be open to ‘at least 50 per cent capacity’ when the next season begins in August.
There were a couple of games allowed by special dispensation to have 20 per cent capacity this month, including the Coppa Italia Final.
“If, and I really hope this is true, by the end of the summer we’ll have a very high number of people vaccinated in Italy, then we can start returning to normal life,” Dal Pino told Radio Deejay.
“What we also hope is that we can open up the stadiums to at least 50 per cent capacity for Serie A matches when the season starts in August.
“We’d like for players to also work in conditions closer to normal, because the protocol has made it extremely complicated for everyone over the last year.
“There are clubs in serious financial difficulty who need a response on when we can start getting back to normal.”
Nonetheless, Dal Pino is proud that Serie A was able to complete the fixture list with relatively few changes.
“It was very complicated and the toughest thing of all was getting to the end, but we did it. There are still many things that are unclear going towards the next season, but certainly the situation looks much better than it did last term.”