Italian government does not plan to reopen stadiums until September

Italian Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora said Thursday that supporters might return to the stadiums in September, confirming that the current season will end behind closed doors. "With the Minister of Health and the Technical and Scientific Committee, we consider that we must maintain the line of caution that has allowed us to gradually restart sports activities," the minister said before the Senate.

"We are seriously preparing so that, in September, at the resumption of the next championship, there are really the conditions allowing to reopen the stadiums and allowing tens of thousands of tifosi to participate," he added. Interrupted on March 9 by the progression of the coronavirus, which left more than 35,000 dead in Italy, the championship resumed on June 20 in empty stadiums.

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Several leaders have since asked to be able to bring in a limited number of supporters, but Vincenzo Spadafora's statements make this hypothesis now very unlikely. “It is true that there is space in stadiums to guarantee social distance. But it is also true that we consider it very risky to have to manage a huge flow of people at the time of entry checks. With just over two weeks left before the end of the championship, it would be difficult to organize, "said the Minister of Sports.

"My job is to ensure that the conditions are met so that access to the stadium can be made when the next championship is resumed, in September," he concluded.

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