XtraTime Web Desk: Italian Serie E will resume from June 20, announced the league organizers in a statement on Friday. Prior to the resumption of the Serie E there will be four catch up matches of Italian Cup that was stopped in the semi final stages. The Serie A had to be stopped due to the break of coronavirus pandemic in March. All the 20 Serie A clubs met on Friday to formalize the calendar, the day after sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora gave the league the all-clear to resume on June 20.
The league said in a statement it will complete the 25th round with the four postponed matches — Atalanta vs. Sassuolo, Hellas Verona vs. Cagliari, Inter Milan vs. Sampdoria, Torino vs. Parma — on the weekend of June 20-21, and schedule the next round of matches in the following week.
Italian media reported Atalanta’s home match will be played first as a symbolic gesture. Atalanta is in Bergamo, which was one of the provinces hit hardest by COVID-19.
Sassuolo was also the last team to play, alongside Brescia, before Serie A was halted on March 9. Striker Francesco Caputo celebrated the first of his two goals that day with a sign in Italian that read “It will all be OK. #Stayathome.” There are 12 rounds remaining in Serie A.
Juventus, which is bidding for a record-extending ninth successive title, has a one-point advantage over Lazio. Third-placed Inter Milan is nine points behind Juventus with a game in hand.
The final of the Italian Cup will be on June 17 in Rome. The first legs of the semifinals had already been played: AC Milan drew with Juventus 1-1, and Napoli won at Inter Milan 1-0.
The dates and times of all the matches will be announced in the next few days, the league added.