Serie A matches are set to be played behind closed doors amid the coronavirus outbreak which has hit the north of the country if proposals from the Italian football federation (FIGC) are approved by the government, the FIGC said on Monday.
Six people have died and more than 220 have come down with the virus, mainly in the regions of Lombardy and Veneto, in Europe’s worst outbreak of the illness. Four Italian top-flight matches were called off on Sunday, including third-placed Inter Milan’s home game with Sampdoria, and there is already a shortage of possible dates for re-scheduled fixtures.
“For our Serie A championship we have planned for and asked to play the games behind closed doors. That could happen as early as Sunday,” FIGC president Gabriele Gravina told a news conference on Monday.
