CTS: ‘Protocol depends on COVID-19’
A member of the CTS (scientific technical committee) that helped design the medical protocol said ‘it’s possible’ they could loosen restrictions, but only if the COVID-19 pandemic slows. The CTS…
A member of the CTS (scientific technical committee) that helped design the medical protocol said ‘it’s possible’ they could loosen restrictions, but only if the COVID-19 pandemic slows. The CTS…
Protests are growing against the medical protocol, which is due to start from Monday, as clubs and players call the Lega Serie A to demand changes from the Government. A…
The Italian Players’ Association and Agents’ Association released statements demanding ‘clarity’ on the medical protocol to resume Serie A, again protesting the automatic quarantine of an entire squad. The protocol…
The FIGC has announced that from today, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office will investigate to ‘verify’ that the Serie A clubs are working in line with 'the health protocol approved by…
Hellas Verona are allegedly looking to the future, eyeing possible deals with Atalanta defender Davide Bettella and Monaco forward Pietro Pellegri. Journalist Nicolò Schira has claimed the Gialloblu have targeted…
If Serie A does indeed resume on June 13, the plan is to play every three to four days until August 2, with the Coppa Italia in July, Champions and…
Minister for Sport Vincenzo Spadafora warns Serie A cannot follow the Bundesliga model of only isolating COVID-19 positive players. ‘Consider Dynamo Dresden.’ It was today announced by the Lega Serie…
The Lega Serie A announced a provisional date to resume the 2019-20 fixture list from June 13, with contact training to begin on Monday, after a medical protocol was agreed.…
Vincenzo Spadafora has confirmed that Serie A clubs can resume training from May 18 after the FIGC made the necessary adjustments to its health protocol. Spadafora said earlier this week…
An Italian virologist points out if audiences are allowed in open-air concerts or theatres, ‘there’s no reason why football fans shouldn’t be treated the same way.’ While group training should…
Chief football medic Professor Enrico Castellacci suggests ‘if they had really wanted Serie A to resume, they would’ve copied the Bundesliga’ protocol for COVID-19. The changes requested to the FIGC…
The FIGC medical commission claims the Government is ‘throwing a spanner in the works’ and with the changes to the COVID-19 protocol, ‘Serie A will not resume.’ There is a…
The Ministry of Health confirms that ‘without doubt, if anyone tests positive for COVID-19 within a club, it all stops’ under the Serie A protocol. The Government and the CTS…
The return of Serie A is still far from certain, because the association of club medics warn ‘many are threatening to resign if they are considered legally responsible’ for players…
The CTS intervenes in the resumption of Serie A, requiring that clubs keep their players and staff in isolation for 15-days in order to get the green light. The Scientific…
Genoa forward Goran Pandev wants to keep the Rossoblu in Serie A before he retires from football: “I hope to greet the fans in a full stadium.” With football at…
Genoa President Enrico Preziosi has likened abandoning the Serie A season to the ‘apocalypse’ and a ‘disaster’. Genoa lifted themselves out of the relegation zone just before the campaign was…
Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini had such heated rows with Genoa director Stefano Capozucca that the tactician ‘upended my office desk.’ Although both men have since left the club, Capozucca…
The scientific committee’s verdict on the medical protocol for Serie A during the coronavirus pandemic has again been postponed to tomorrow. The Government’s board of scientists and experts had rejected…
There were 165 deaths related to coronavirus in Italy over the last 24 hours, the lowest daily number in two months, but another 2,155 were given the all-clear. Italy moved…