Serie A and B to resume this weekend
FIGC Commissioner Luca Pancalli has confirmed the Serie A and B fixtures will resume this weekend.
"I think it would be a mistake not to begin again," he said after the Government passed new laws clamping down on football-related violence.
"It would also be an error not to ride the positive momentum created in these days with a profound understanding of everyone’s responsibilities. Now we can no longer back down to hooligans."
As expected, the campaign will resume from the Round 23 fixtures, so the games suspended last Sunday will be played at a later date – provisionally in April.
However, the clubs are not happy with the ruling that stadiums must host matches behind closed doors until they pass the Legge Pisanu tests.
"There is a very clear and definite order here. As of today, venues not up to standard will have to play behind closed doors," warned Minister of the Interior Giuliano Amato.
The sides, led by Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani, had urged for at least the season ticket holders to be allowed in while restructuring work is underway.
"When the turnstiles and security checks for numbered tickets are in place, the stadiums can be opened up to only season ticket holders. Speaking to some clubs, I have been told this work can be completed in around a month."
This does not include the San Siro, as it’s predicted the required work to install turnstiles cannot be completed before September, so Milan and Inter risk playing the rest of the season – perhaps including their Champions League games – behind closed doors.
To date only four Serie A stadiums are to the Legge Pisanu standard – the Stadio Olimpico in Turin, Stadio Artemio Franchi in Siena, Stadio Olimpico in Rome and Stadio Renzo Barbera in Palermo.
This suggests – although it will only be confirmed following another meeting with police authorities on Thursday – that fans would be allowed into three fixtures this weekend.
Those matches would be Palermo-Empoli, Roma-Parma and Torino-Reggina.
In Serie B only three games can open their doors to the crowds, Spezia-Bologna, Lecce-Verona and Modena-Albinoleffe.
Source: C4 Football Italia
"I think it would be a mistake not to begin again," he said after the Government passed new laws clamping down on football-related violence.
"It would also be an error not to ride the positive momentum created in these days with a profound understanding of everyone’s responsibilities. Now we can no longer back down to hooligans."
As expected, the campaign will resume from the Round 23 fixtures, so the games suspended last Sunday will be played at a later date – provisionally in April.
However, the clubs are not happy with the ruling that stadiums must host matches behind closed doors until they pass the Legge Pisanu tests.
"There is a very clear and definite order here. As of today, venues not up to standard will have to play behind closed doors," warned Minister of the Interior Giuliano Amato.
The sides, led by Milan Vice-President Adriano Galliani, had urged for at least the season ticket holders to be allowed in while restructuring work is underway.
"When the turnstiles and security checks for numbered tickets are in place, the stadiums can be opened up to only season ticket holders. Speaking to some clubs, I have been told this work can be completed in around a month."
This does not include the San Siro, as it’s predicted the required work to install turnstiles cannot be completed before September, so Milan and Inter risk playing the rest of the season – perhaps including their Champions League games – behind closed doors.
To date only four Serie A stadiums are to the Legge Pisanu standard – the Stadio Olimpico in Turin, Stadio Artemio Franchi in Siena, Stadio Olimpico in Rome and Stadio Renzo Barbera in Palermo.
This suggests – although it will only be confirmed following another meeting with police authorities on Thursday – that fans would be allowed into three fixtures this weekend.
Those matches would be Palermo-Empoli, Roma-Parma and Torino-Reggina.
In Serie B only three games can open their doors to the crowds, Spezia-Bologna, Lecce-Verona and Modena-Albinoleffe.
Source: C4 Football Italia
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