Masks, gloves, and immunologists, how Italian football is hitting Coronavirus

Lionel Messi made his first ever appearance in Naples on Tuesday evening, playing the Barcelona 1:1 draw against the Italian team in the first 1/8th match of the Champions League final. But, more surprising than the presence of the Argentinian star in a stadium where his countrymen, Diego Maradona, are legend, was the presence of fans in masks and bails against the choreography. Over 300 people are infected in Italy, of which 12 have died. Venice carnival has already been canceled, and theatre “La Scala” has been closed due to the threat of coronary. The stock exchange in Milan has also suffered a decline.

All of this is posing consequences not only for Italian football but for the entire sport of this country.

Last weekend, four matches under Serie A, in Milan, Bergamo, Verona and Turin, have been cancelled until another in Serie B has not been held in Ascoli because of the fear of coronary.

This weekend, security measures will be even stricter. A new decree by the Italian government, which will be implemented in six regions, means that all the matches of Serie A held in those territories will be played behind closed doors. Meanwhile, third-class matches have been suspended, as well as football, volleyball and basketball leagues.

The consensus among fans, who view Sunday football as an important social event, is that they will continue to go to the match if they are told it is safe, but many are expected to wear masks and gloves. The Corleone effect was also present on Thursday evening at the Milan game played between Inter and Ludgoreth in the Champions League. This game was played behind closed doors. Bulgarian team football players even left the bus in masks and plastic gloves. For the trip to Italy, the Bulgarian club had also engaged in immunologists because of fears of koronobius, which has already erupted in Italy.

The two Milan City teams, Inter and Milan, have already closed offices and staff is working from home. Meanwhile, some clubs have expressed economic concerns about the fact that they will have to play the stadium's closed doors for this weekend. Without the presence of fans in the stands, it means clubs will not get economic benefits from selling tickets.

For example, Juventus in every match he played in the “Allianz Stadium” has had the tribunes of the packed stadiums. In fact, clubs have not been forced to hold matches without fans, as there were other options on the table.

“Teams could have suspended matches and postponed later. So we didn't force them to play”, the minister of sport in Italy, Vicenzo Spadafora, writes Koha Ditore.

Some of the teams have already decided to restore fans for tickets they bought earlier, and Interi has already taken this move for the 1/16 final match against Ludgorett. Unlike Inter, Juventu will officially not restore fans for the debby game you play at home on Sunday night with Inter. The last time these two teams played at “Allianz Stadium”, Juvenus benefited 3.1m euros from ticket sales. And this horn will be played with closed doors.

If the situation escalates, it would not be bad for Serie A to be completely suspended”, former Italian Representative Enrico Castle said. /Periscope. com/