Italian Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora said Wednesday that the road has begun to "narrow more and more" about the resumption of Serie A matches, advising "Calcio" officials to make thinking about the upcoming season a priority .
In an interview with "7" channel, Spadafora said, "I see a path that is getting more and more narrow with regard to the resumption of the league. If I were in the place of club heads, I would consider specifically organizing things for a safe return next season, which is scheduled to start at the end of August ."
"The decisions taken by other countries, such as France, for example, yesterday, may push Italy to adopt this approach as well, so that it will then become a European approach, " he added.
The French Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, announced on Tuesday that "the 2019-2020 season of professional sports cannot be resumed," which means the necessity of stopping the French League .
Spadafora said that "the next meeting of the Italian Serie A League may result in a surprise, as most clubs may ask to stop the current season and prepare better for the new season ."
The Italian League called an emergency meeting of its executive committee on Friday, when the issue is to be discussed .
The Italian league was suspended on the ninth of March due to the rapid outbreak of the emerging Corona virus, especially in the north of the country .
The epidemic "Covid-19" led to the death of more than 27 thousand people in Italy .
On Sunday, the Italian government decided to allow elite athletes to resume exercises, for individual sports on May 4, and for team sports on 18 of that, as the Prime Minister announced .
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said at a conference dedicated to revealing the details of the movement's return in the country that, starting from May 4, "the exercises will be allowed but without gatherings and behind closed doors ."
As for team sports, the "green light" was given as of May 18 .
The country's football authorities have expressed their desire to complete the 2019-2020 season and have given themselves a deadline of August 2 for that .
According to a poll conducted by the agency "IGI", two out of three Italians refuse to return to football competitions because of the state of health in the country .