Published 18:40 IST, March 30th 2020
Serie A could be cancelled soon and Juventus could be declared champions: Report
Juventus will likely be crowned the winners of the 2019-20 Serie A season despite second-placed Lazio being just one point behind the Bianconeri.
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outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has sounded warning bells all across Europe over last couple of months. Coronavirus in Italy has spre on a much larger scale over last few weeks. re are more than 400+ deaths recorded on an aver in Italy since past couple of weeks. Following unprecedented outbreak of coronavirus in Italy, Serie A was suspended on March 9, 2020, when situation of coronavirus in Italy was deemed out of control. Damia Tommasi, he of Italian Players' Association, has given a hint that Serie A season could stand cancelled amid situation surrounding coronavirus in Italy.
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Coronavirus in Italy: Serie A 2019-20 could be called off soon
Damia Tommasi confirmed that re has been a video conference set between Italy's sporting leers. It is a high possibility that officials decide to shelve current Serie A season, Tommasi said. Tommasi, while speaking with ANSA, stated, "re’s concern that season will end here. It’s, refore, necessary to tackle problem of ending season from a sporting point of view and a contractual one". However, re were reports suggesting that Serie A might consider ending season by using different measures such as playoff system.
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However, it is still t decided wher Juventus will be declared as winners of Serie A 2019-20. Juventus are currently on top of Serie A 2019-20 points table. However, re is only a single-point difference between Juventus (63) and Lazio (62), and as re are about 13 games left in Serie A season, fans have said that it will be unfair to name Juventus as champions of Italy. officials will have to come up with a precise way to decide winners and relegation of current Serie A 2019-20 season as re is only a nine-point difference between 17th and 20th spot.
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18:40 IST, March 30th 2020