Coronavirus outbreak in Italy suspends 3 football games in Serie A

Tanish Chachra | 23/02/2020
Coronavirus outbreak in Italy suspends 3 football games in Serie A

Coronavirus outbreak in Italy postpones 3 Serie A games along with an AC Milan Women’s team match with several cases reported in the country.

Coronavirus’ rapid outbreak has triggered a world health emergency, even Italy has been massively outbreak, as now there are several cases along with 2 deaths have been reported in the country.

Therefore, three matches scheduled to take place on Sunday have been postponed. Atalanta vs Sassuolo, Inter Milan vs Sampdoria and Verona vs Cagliari will now not take place as planned, along with the Women’s Serie A game between AC Milan and Fiorentina.

It comes after Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Minister of Health Roberto Speranza took the decision to suspend sport in the Italian regions of Lombardy and Veneto.

“The government is working on urgent measures to decisively confront and contain the cases of coronavirus contagion,” read a letter from Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora to Italian Olympic Committee President Giovanni Malago shortly before midnight local time on Saturday.

“Following measures taken by the cabinet for protective reasons and maximum precaution, on orders of the government, I am asking you to suspend all sports events of every level and discipline planned for the Lombardy and Veneto regions on Sunday,” the letter said.

As of now, there are no clarifications about the updated schedule of the three games postponed. Meanwhile, three games will still take place in Serie A on Sunday – Genoa vs Lazio, Torino vs Parma and Roma vs Lecce.

The sudden postponement in the games debars Inter Milan to close the gap against Lazio and Juventus in the table, moreover, it also poses threat to the Europa league game set to be played by Inter Milan at San Siro against Ludogorets on Thursday.
More than 600 Ludogorets fans are expected to travel to Milan for the game and the club says they have made a formal enquiry to Uefa and Inter about the situation in the region. Apart from the games being rescheduled, the mayor of Milan has shuttered public offices.
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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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