Italian football - very ambitious

[Spijed]

Plan to re-start in May apparently:
https://www.football-italia.net/151720/serie-resume-may

[Burnley1989]

Hardly surprising with the Italians, I hope that doesn’t sound racist

[TVC15]

Hardly surprising with the Italians, I hope that doesn’t sound racist

No it doesn’t sound racist - but what is it you are referring to exactly ?

[diamondpocket]

It doesn't sound too unreasonable. The dates given are the end of May so if the current trend of new infections continue to decrease then in another 3/4 weeks some restrictions could start to be lifted. Games will probably be played behind closed doors but at least then can be played and not affect too much the following season.

If we follow the same route then that would mean the Prem starts back up at the end of June.

[Wile E Coyote]

ironic as the Belgians have just scuppered their league.

[Spijed]

ironic as the Belgians have just scuppered their league.

Apparently the Belgians have to ratify it on the 15th April so there could be a u turn if necessary

[Devils_Advocate]

Rumour I heard is that the Italian league are going to settle games by having a behind closed doors secret bribing auction. Whichever club submits the largest bribe will get the 3 points.

To ensure nobody in Italian football loses out and that the money is not just wasted a referee will be assigned to each match and will get a cut of the money

[Bordeauxclaret]

What channel is Italian Footy on now? Premier Sports?

If it comes off subscriptions will go through the roof.

[jrgbfc]

The Belgian league only has 1 game left though, they're just doing away with the end of season playoffs, so not that big a deal.

[nil_desperandum]

The Belgian league only has 1 game left though, they're just doing away with the end of season playoffs, so not that big a deal.

Indeed yes, in fact it would have been quite bizarre to effectively require a "pre-season" for all clubs in order to play one match per team.
Makes you wonder though whether the teams in the Play-off places might challenge this.

[tiger76]

The Belgian league only has 1 game left though, they're just doing away with the end of season playoffs, so not that big a deal.

It's a big deal to UEFA,and they're threatening to withhold European slots from any member associations that end their campaigns early,that's a pretty big stick to wield,whether they could legally enforce that threat is debatable,but they're clearly firing a warning shot to domestic leagues,not to make snap decisions.

https://www.insidethegames.biz/index.ph ... ro-league

[ecc]

"Hardly surprising with the Italians, I hope that doesn’t sound racist"

It does. But why not?