Respected Italian football journalist Marco Bellinazzo believe that Lega Serie A have shown up their own incompetence with their handling of the current situation.
Nine Serie A fixtures have been postponed in the past two weeks and postponements of the Coppa Italia semi final second legs were added to the growing list of postponements yesterday and today.
These postponements have come as a result of the Coronavirus epidemic the country is currently facing. There are now in excess of 2500 confirmed cases of the virus in Italy making Italy comfortably the worst affected European nation.
“Italian football has once again demonstrated its incompetence in the face of health emergencies of this level,” he remarked in an interview with Italian radio station Radio Punto Nuovo earlier on this evening.
“The president who endorsed the solution like that of last weekend has not done their job well because if Inter end up in the Coppa Italia and Europa League finals, they’ll not have the opportunity to play Serie A games.”
Bellinazzo then shared his belief that those responsible are unlikely to face any consequences for their actions which have turned the league into something of a laughing stock in the past few weeks: “Given we are in Italy I doubt there will be any consequences.”
He then said he thinks there are two simple solutions that could be adopted to sort this situation out once and for all.
“The solution is very simple. Either the league is stopped entirely and no trophies are award for this year or games have to be played behind closed doors.”