The Government will Close Series A If There is No Agreement on Protocol

 Vincenzo Spadafora, Italian sports minister, assured this Thursday that the Government is seeking an agreement with the country's Football Federation (FIGC) on the protocol for the resumption of training and that if it is not found, it will order the final closure of the Serie A for the 2019-2020 season.

"These days the Scientific Technical Committee is meeting with the various parts of the world of football, not only with the FIGC, to deepen the protocol that it presented to us. If we find an agreement, the training sessions may be resumed and this will also be positive for the eventual resumption of the championship, "said Spadafora in an interview on national television" Rai ".

"Otherwise, the Government will decide, for reasons of an obvious health emergency, to close the championship, creating, as far as possible, the conditions so that the world of football has the least possible damage," he added.

Spadafora stressed that, in the latter case, the Government will assume its responsibilities and called for "the controversy to end now, because football must be a symbol of carefreeness, passion and fun."

At the moment, the government considered insufficient the protocol presented two weeks ago by the FIGC, in which it was requested to resume training on May 4, and prohibited activity in the sports centers of football clubs until May 18.

This decision was strongly criticized by the Italian soccer world and the president of the FIGC, Gabriele Gravina, assured late on Wednesday that he would refuse to sign the final closure of the season.

"I protect the interests of the world of soccer and I refuse to sign a total blockade of the season, except if objective conditions linked to the health of the players, coaching staff and collaborators exist, but someone has to tell me clearly and should prevent me keep going, "Gravina said late Wednesday after participating in an online event hosted by Ascoli Calcio.