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The Italian government authorized that from Monday individual training sessions can be resumed in all sports, including collective disciplines such as soccer, this Sunday in a ministerial decree.
Initially, the resumption of training for collective sports was set for May 18, with the individuals starting their activity this Monday. But several regions decided on Saturday to meet the requests of the clubs, mainly soccer, and authorize them to open their training centers to allow players to exercise, outdoors and respecting social distance.
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“Athletes, professional or not, from individual disciplines or not, are authorized, like all citizens, to exercise in public or private spaces, respecting social distance rules of at least two meters, as well as the prohibition of any regrouping“stated the decree of the Interior Ministry.
Training sessions must be completed “behind closed doors”. Several clubs, such as Roma, Parma, Bologna or Sassuolo, announced their intention to open the training centers so that the players could exercise.
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Sassuolo specified that its changing rooms, gymnasiums and administrative premises will remain closed. The government’s decision on the resumption of the Italian championship, Interrupted since March 9, it should be announced in the coming days. There are 12 Serie A days to be played.
All 20 Serie A clubs confirmed their desire to end the season, but Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora warned that the path “is getting narrower and narrower.”
AFP
