The Lega Calcio has decided that Week 33’s postponed round of fixtures will now be played on the midweek of April 25.
The Lega Calcio has decided that Week 33’s postponed round of fixtures will now be played on the midweek of April 25.
After the entire round’s postponement over the weekend in the wake of Livorno player Piermario Morosini’s death on Saturday afternoon, there was dispute between top-flight clubs over when the games should be played instead.
A majority of clubs were happy to have next weekend’s Week 34 games shifted back a few days into an April 25 midweek round and for Week 33’s matches to then take next Saturday and Sunday’s slot.
However, the likes of Inter, Udinese, Chievo, Genoa and Napoli reportedly pushed for Week 34 to stay at the weekend and Week 33 to instead move to the April 25 position.
After holding a meeting between the League’s clubs on Monday evening, a decision has now been reached to leave Week 34’s fixtures scheduled for this coming weekend and then play Week 33’s postponed games the following midweek, on Tuesday April 24 and Wednesday April 25.
Kick-off times for the new midweek round are all mid-to-late afternoon, to appease UEFA regulation that they cannot be played at the same time as Champions League games. The second leg of the semi-final between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid will be played that Wednesday evening.
Week 33 revised schedule (UK kick-off times)
Tuesday April 24
Atalanta-Chievo, 5.30pm
Cagliari-Catania (at Trieste), 5.30pm
Wednesday April 25
Novara-Lazio, 11.30am
Lecce-Napoli, 2pm
Palermo-Parma, 2pm
Roma–Fiorentina, 2pm
Siena-Bologna, 2pm
Udinese-Inter, 2pm
Cesena-Juventus, 5pm
Milan-Genoa, 5pm
Week 34 revised schedule (UK kick-off times)
Saturday April 21
Parma-Cagliari, 5pm
Catania-Atalanta, 7.45pm