No alternative to Serie A play-offs?
The Lega Serie A will meet on Tuesday to discuss their Plan B if the season cannot conclude, but the row continues over whether to adopt a play-off system. The…
The Lega Serie A will meet on Tuesday to discuss their Plan B if the season cannot conclude, but the row continues over whether to adopt a play-off system. The…
Refereeing designator Nicola Rizzoli assures Serie A will be able to count on VAR technology when the season resumes. ‘We made enormous efforts to secure everything.’ There were concerns that…
Now that the medical protocol has been approved, most Serie A teams are already training in groups, but some are still keeping social distancing until Monday. The FIGC, Government, Lega…
There were 119 deaths related to COVID-19 in Italy over the last 24 hours, while 441 of the 669 new active cases are in the Lombardy region. The curve continues…
The FIGC is finalising the new proposed protocol for Serie A matches, including special measures to isolate players, quick-response COVID-19 tests and potentially shorter quarantine periods. Teams were finally able…
The Lega Serie A and the Italian Sports Medical Federation pass on the medical protocol for the resumptions of matches to the FIGC, who will evaluate and send to the…
The Italian Players’ Association released a statement warning they will not stand for the financial incentives that could allow clubs to avoid paying their employees. The FIGC passed down a…
The protocol for Serie A matches during the COVID-19 pandemic is being finalised, including rules on catering, media, placing substitutes in the stands and banning protests to the referee. Although…
Serie A matches should hopefully resume by June 13 or 20, but it’s reported there will be three different kick-off times throughout the day, including three midweek rounds. There are…
Coaches’ Association President Renzo Ulivieri is confident Serie A will resume, but ‘June 20 is more realistic than June 13.’ The medical protocol for group training was finally agreed this…
Torino President Urbano Cairo believes the Serie A season will resume ‘on either June 13 or 20,’ but is concerned at how it’ll affect 2020-21 and condemns the play-offs idea.…
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin has claimed Euro 2020 will go as planned next summer and revealed the intentions of an 'improved' FFP. In an interview with The Guardian journalist Sebastián…
CONI President Giovanni Malagò has claimed ‘there must be a Plan B’ for the resumption of Serie A but knows the playoff hypothesis is not welcomed by everyone. As Serie…
Minister for Sport Vincenzo Spadafora confirmed the Government CTS has finally given the all-clear for Serie A to start group training after agreeing to the modified medical protocol, so a…
The verdict on Serie A’s new medical protocol, sent to the CTS for approval, will reportedly be announced within the next two days. The Lega Serie A, Player’s Association and…
The FIGC has sent a new 14-page medical protocol to the Minister for Sport, who immediately passed it on to the CTS for approval, as Serie A might finally have…
The dispute over contact training continues, as Minister for Sport Vincenzo Spadafora delays the introduction of group rules and Serie A clubs avoid them anyway until the protocol is changed.…
Cagliari President Tommaso Giulini warns with the current medical protocol, ‘there’s an 80-90 per cent chance the season wouldn’t finish by August 2.’ The Serie A clubs, their medical staff…
Udinese director Pierpaolo Marino maintains ‘starting the Serie A games from June 13 would be absolute madness for players and clubs.’ They are allowed to begin group training from tomorrow,…
The latest Government decree has been released, but the Serie A clubs and Players’ Association are still unhappy with the forced quarantine for an entire squad in case of one…