According to the Milan Sports Newspaper, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi was worried after serie A announced that it would continue to play normally according to the original schedule.
Recently, the new crown epidemic in Italy is serious, and many Serie A teams have players infected with the new crown, and 4 games in the last round of Serie A have been postponed due to the epidemic. At present, Serie B, Serie C, amateur leagues, and youth leagues have been temporarily suspended, but this Friday, the Professional League of Serie A officially announced that the original schedule of Serie A, Italian Cup and Italian Super Cup will be carried out normally.
"Milan Sport" revealed that Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi then called the president of the Italian Football Association Gravina to learn about the latest situation in Serie A and expressed concern about the continuation of Serie A in the case of such a serious epidemic. In addition, Prime Minister Draghi also pointed out that many fans did not wear masks when watching Serie A matches live, which is not in line with Italy's latest epidemic prevention regulations, but Serie A clubs seem to turn a blind eye to this.
Gravina explained to the prime minister that series B and below have been postponed, but the serie a serie a series is intensive and a shutdown will lead to great risks. The number of fans of Serie A matches has also been reduced from 75% of the previous stadium capacity to 50%. At present, the idea of the Serie A clubs is still to continue playing, but they also recognize that other situations may arise given the current severity of the epidemic. If the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy remains unabated, Serie A could be held in a closed door for the next two or three weeks.
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