Coppa Italia final to be played before Serie A restart

The Italian football season will resume with the final stages of the Coppa Italia knockout cup before Serie A gets under way on June 20, following a vote by the 20 top-tier clubs on Friday.

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Coppa Italia Semi Final First Leg - AC Milan v Juventus - San Siro, Milan, Italy - February 13, 2020 Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo in action with AC Milan's Davide Calabria and Simon Kjaer REUTERS/Alberto Lingria/File PhotoROME: The Italian football season will resume with the final stages of the Coppa Italia knockout cup before Serie A gets under way on June 20, following a vote by the 20 top-tier clubs on Friday.

Serie A said in a statement that the"the sporting activity of the 2019/2020 season will resume firstly with the Coppa Italia" with the final to be played on June 17.It did not give a date for the semi-final second leg matches, Napoli-Inter Milan and Juventus-AC Milan, which also have to be played. The season was suspended on March 9 as the coronavirus spread through Italy.

Serie A said that the decision followed a recommendation from Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora, who confirmed on Thursday that the season could resume following the coronavirus stoppage.The clubs also voted to restart Serie A on the weekend of June 20-21 with four outstanding matches postponed earlier in the competition: Atalanta v Sassuolo, Hellas Verona v Cagliari, Inter v Sampdoria and Torino v Parma.After that, there will be 12 full rounds of matches to play to complete the season.

Juventus, chasing a ninth successive title, lead the table with 63 points, one ahead of Lazio with Inter a further eight behind in third.

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