Minister: ‘Leaning towards Coppa authorisation’

The Coppa Italia semi-finals are set for June 12 and 13, but we don’t have kick-off times yet and the Minister for Health today said they are ‘leaning towards authorising’ the games.

The situation remains chaotic even by the standards of Italian football, as the matches are meant to be in a couple of days.

Juventus-Milan is scheduled for June 12, with Napoli-Inter on June 13, but there is as of this evening no confirmed kick-off time.

It’s expected to be around 21.00 local time (20.00 in the UK).

The Coppa Italia semi-finals are set for June 12 and 13, but we don’t have kick-off times yet and the Minister for Health today said they are ‘leaning towards authorising’ the games.

The situation remains chaotic even by the standards of Italian football, as the matches are meant to be in a couple of days.

Juventus-Milan is scheduled for June 12, with Napoli-Inter on June 13, but there is as of this evening no confirmed kick-off time.

It’s expected to be around 21.00 local time (20.00 in the UK).

To make matters even more confusing, Minister for Health Roberto Speranza spoke at the Senate this afternoon and gave a less than decisive update.

“Serie A will resume on June 20 and 21 behind closed doors, but we are leaning towards authorising the semi-finals and Final of the Coppa Italia, which will be respectively on June 12, 13 and 17.”

So with roughly 48 hours to go before the first game back from the COVID-19 lockdown, we still don’t know when or if those will go ahead.