Restart date still unknown
Italian Football Federation commissioner Luca Pancalli will decide on
Wednesday whether Serie A will resume this weekend.
Pancalli suspended all football in the country after rioting Catania fans
caused the death of a 38-year-old police officer.
The FIGC chief did this evening admit that the various championships
could kick-off again this Sunday, but any decision will only be made after a
special government cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
"Technically speaking, I think we have the time to immediately resume
football," he stated this evening after discussing possible new regulations
designed to improve safety at stadiums.
"I'm optimistic that these new proposals will be accepted. I think
everyone has a part to play in situations like these.
"Everybody needs to take responsibility."
Pancalli took the decision to bring a halt to games in the peninsula on
Friday night and he's certain he made the right choice.
"I said on Friday that I wouldn't okay a restart without the activation
and presence of serious and drastic measures which would allow games to be
played in calm and safe surroundings," he added.
"I repeat that today, especially after seeing the funeral of the
policeman Filippo Raciti and hearing the words of his wife.
"We need to transform this grave crisis into a resource for the difficult
road which we are facing," he underlined.
"That is why I am satisfied with the decisions taken and that we have
seen a strong reaction to what has happened.
"This comforts me that we can really write a new page in history and say
'stop' once and for all.
"I'm confident that everyone involved in football will have the maturity
to accept the new regulations and will collaborate to redraw the future of
Italian football."
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Cairo: Stadiums must fit bill
Torino President Urbano Cairo is convinced that the starting point in
combating football violence is represented by appropriate stadiums.
Milan ponder Dzemaili swoop
FC Zurich ace Blerim Dzemaili is being linked with a move to Milan as
their search for an Andrea Pirlo alternative continues.
Moratti eyes Government pact
Inter chief Massimo Moratti insists that an alliance between the football
authorities and the Italian Government is the only way to fight violence.
Madrid back struggling Capello
Crisis hit Real Madrid have confirmed their faith in boss Fabio Capello
following the shock home defeat to Levante.
Matarrese: I was misunderstood
Lega Calcio chief Antonio Matarrese has denied saying that deaths are
inevitable in Italian football.
Today's headlines: What the papers say...
Tuesday 6 February
Gazzetta dello Sport
It starts, but not from Inter-Roma
The most probable option: Restart with Week 23, postponed games on Wednesday 14
'I say to you who hate these uniforms, you've killed a great man'
Thousands in Catania for the funeral of Filippo Raciti
Storm over Matarrese over a retracted phrase about deaths in football
Corriere dello Sport
We play
Season ticket holders and the good pay the price: Games behind closed doors in
unfit stadiums (almost all of them)
Football resumes quickly. But let's not forget
The daughter of Filippo: 'Daddy, you are a hero'
Tuttosport
Silence, we play
Closed doors at San Siro too, Torino is fine
Here is Juve's home, all the images of the new stadium
Presidents revolt: 'Not like this'
Matarrese, what a gaffe
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