Calls for the suspension of Serie A activities have increased, with the government tightening its actions due to the Corona virus outbreak in the country.
And several games in the league will be held later today, Sunday, without the presence of fans, but amid growing calls to cancel the matches at the present time.
"To stop the league, what are we waiting for? Stop football," Damiano Tommaso, president of the Italian Footballers' Association, tweeted.
Gabriele Gravina, president of the Italian Football Federation, hinted at the possibility of stopping the league competition, and said, "If a player is infected with Corona virus, we cannot exclude the possibility of suspending the league competition."
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced earlier today, Sunday, the closure of Lombardy and more than a dozen other provinces in northern Italy, amid the outbreak of the Corona virus emerging, saying that the new measures will be implemented soon.
Conte confirmed - at a press conference - the reports on a new decision restricting travel to and from the northern province of Lombardy in which Milan is located and is a financial center, in addition to 14 other provinces, while Italy is struggling to contain the spread of the virus.
Tomasi also asked the European Union (UEFA) to postpone the European Championship (Euro 2020), after the new Corona virus caused many matches to be postponed this season.
"UEFA should consider the possibility of postponing Euro 2020, while allowing time for the completion of the domestic league matches," Thomas told Italian news agency ANSA.
The continental competition is scheduled to start next June 12 in the Italian capital, Rome, which will host the three matches of the Italian team in the first group in the group stage of the competition - and includes the teams of Turkey, Switzerland and Wales - in addition to one of the quarter-finals.
"The Corona virus is not just an Italian problem," Tomasi said. "The Italian league will be played without an audience (until the third of next April), and some football players want to continue (the season), while others have expressed their concern."
"We will now take all necessary precautions, but the players on the field are also at risk. In the event of HIV infection, they will be quarantined," Tomasi added.
The Italian League decided to postpone ten matches from the last two stages of the competition, as it was decided to postpone the matches of the semi-finals of the Italian Cup this week, which caused a accumulation of matches and a limited opportunity to extend the season, as the national teams planned to establish their camps before the continental event.
Italy has discovered about six thousand cases of Corona virus, with about 233 people dying from this virus so far.