All Serie A games to be played behind closed doors for a month after Coronavirus outbreak

Italian government has confirmed that all sporting events including Serie A will be played behind closed doors for next one month. This has been done keeping in view coronavirus outbreak in Italy. Reports suggest that over 100 people have succumbed to menace of virus.

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Coronavirus in Italy: Serie A games behind closed doors

Several Serie A games that were to be played last weekend were also postponed. This included  game between Juventus and Inter Milan. game will w be played on May 13. Meanwhile, semi-final clash between AC Milan and Juventus that was to be played on Wednesday (Thursday according to IST) was also postponed indefinitely.

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Coronavirus in Italy: All Serie A training activities to be done behind closed doors

statement also asserts that all training activities will be done behind closed doors. It also claimed that ban would be extended beyond April if situation does t improve within a month. country is one of most affected regions due to coronavirus outbreak in world.

Last week, Juventus had decided to ban stadium and museum tours as a precaution due to menace of virus.

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Coronavirus in Italy: Several Juventus U23 players test positive

Juventus had also decided to ban a joint training session between first-team squad and under-23 squad. This step was taken after several U23 squad players were tested positive for coronavirus. It is believed that players contracted virus after y played game against Pianese. Those players were thought to be infected as well.

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