ITALIAN football chiefs hope Serie A will return early June.
The League’s 20 clubs have now all agreed that the season has to be completed following a video conference.
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And the teams want to return to training on May 4 once the lockdown in Italy ends, with the likes of Juventus superstar Cristiano Ronaldo desperate to return to the field.
There is no set date for the matches to restart but the first week in June was discussed.
Italian football was suspended on March 9 and the coronavirus crisis hit the country.
Initially, Brescia owner Massimo Cellino, the former Leeds chairman, did not want to play any more games but he has delivered a u-turn and now wants to get Serie A finished.
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Juventus currently lead after 26 games with 63 points.
But they are just a single point ahead of Lazio, who have surprised many with just two defeats this season.
Meanwhile, Inter Milan – who were at one stage tipped to triumph under new boss Antonio Conte – have fallen nine points behind Juventus with a game in hand.
And Inter striker Romelu Lukaku, who played in the Premier League for Manchester United, Chelsea and Everton, believes he and 22 other teammates continued playing while displaying symptoms of Covid-19.
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Lukaku said: “We had a week off in January. We came back and I swear 23 out of 25 players were sick. No joke.
“We played at home against Radja Nainggolan’s Cagliari and after 25 minutes one of our defenders had to leave the field.
“He couldn’t go on and almost passed out.
“Everyone was coughing and having a fever. It also bothered me.
“When I warmed up, I got much warmer than usual. I hadn’t had a fever in years.
“After the game there was another dinner with invitees from Puma on the program, but I thanked them and went straight to bed.
“We were never tested for corona at that time, so we will never know for sure.”
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