Italian FA Chief: Serie A April restart impossible
The President of the Italian Footballers’ Association (AIC), Damiano Tommasi, has cast a cloud over the restart of the Serie A in April as set before.
All sporting activity in Italy was suspended until the 3rd of April following the outbreak of Coronavirus, but it now seems like it will be longer.
Tommasi told Che Tempo Che Fa: “It’s clearly impossible to start playing at the beginning of April.
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“If all goes well, we can resume in May or June. When we talk about football, people think we are only ensuring the safety of players, but there’s a whole world behind the team.
“The first to be contaminated were in Serie C with Pianese, and their kit man is still in intensive care. Juventus have 100 people under quarantine.”
Italy accounts for 24,747 of the confirmed coronavirus cases and 1,809 deaths. This is high, and as of Sunday, the number of cases there jumped by 3,590 in 24 hours and the death toll rose by 348.
Juventus’ Daniele Rugani and Sampdoria striker Manolo Gabbiadini have been infected and in order to avoid spread, the players have been asked to self-isolate.
