Italy: "Road becoming narrower for the resumption of the championship" (V. Spadafora, minister)

"The road is becoming narrower for the resumption of the championship. If I were president of a football club, I would think above all of organizing myself to resume safely next season, which should start at the end of August," stated Vincenzo Spadafora, the Italian Minister for Sports, on 29/04/2020.

"The decisions that are being taken by other countries, such as France, could push Italy to follow this same line, which would then become a pan-European line," added the Italian minister during an interview on the TV channel La 7.

"As long as I am president of the FIGC, I will never sign for the end of the Championships, because it would be the death of Italian football. I refuse to sign for a total stop, unless there are objective conditions relating to the health of the players, coaches and all the staff which impose this. But someone else has to tell me clearly to do this and prevent me from moving forward," said Gabriele Gravina, president of the FIGC, during 'an audio conference organized by Ascoli Calcio (Serie BKT) on 29/04/2020.

"These days, the technical-scientific…