An overview: This is what is happening in football Europe

ITALY: The Serie A can continue on June 20th. “Italy is starting the restart, and therefore it is right that football is also restarting,” said Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora after a teleconference with the FIGC football association and the Lega Serie A on Thursday evening. There are twelve matchdays left in the fight for the championship. In the future, the entire team will have to be quarantined for 14 days if a player tests positive for the virus. After much back and forth, the clubs currently have at least permission for group training. The Coppa Italia is scheduled to take place before Serie A. The semi-final second legs between Napoli and Inter and Juve and Milan will take place on June 13th and 14th. The final in Rome is scheduled for June 17th. SPAIN: According to La Liga's current plans, the restart in Spain should take place on June 12th. Gerard Piqué from FC Barcelona believes the date is premature. “We were on hold for a long time and will only have trained for four weeks before returning,” he said. There are still eleven matchdays left in the Spanish top league. They should be completed in seven weeks until July 26th. There is no concrete schedule with dates yet.

ENGLAND: The Premier League wants to restart on June 17th with two catch-up games. “This date cannot be confirmed until we have met all necessary safety requirements as the health and well-being of all involved and fans is our priority,” league chief executive Richard Masters said on Thursday. Manchester City against Arsenal and Aston Villa against Sheffield United should be the first games. The first full day of play is scheduled for the following weekend. The clubs had already spoken out in favor of a return to team training on Wednesday. Canceled leagues: FRANCE: Ligue 1 was the first of the top leagues to end the season on April 30th. Paris Saint-Germain, coached by Thomas Tuchel, was declared champions. The financial damage from the demolition is estimated at a total of 700 million euros.

SCOTLAND: The Scottish Premier League announced an early end to the season on May 18th. Celtic Glasgow are champions for the ninth time in a row ahead of city rivals Glasgow Rangers. Heart of Midlothian with its German coach Daniel Stendel is relegated.

NETHERLANDS: The season in the Dutch Eredivisie has ended early. There are neither promotions nor relegations nor a champion. Ajax Amsterdam, as first in the table, will be number one with a view to entering the Champions League.

BELGIUM: The season will not be played to the end in neighboring Belgium either. FC Brugge were declared champions - for the 16th time in the club's history. Other leagues: In the first league in the Ukraine Football should be played again from Saturday (May 30th). Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the games will take place without spectators. The schedule calls for league games to end on July 19 with qualifying playoffs for European competitions scheduled to last ten days.

In Estonia's The ball has been rolling again in the first football league since May 19th after a two-month break. For the league restart, all players and coaches of the teams as well as referees were tested for Covid-19. In view of the Corona crisis, the season was shortened from 36 to 27 match days. Afterwards, playoffs will decide the championship and relegation. The season is scheduled to end on December 12th.

Also in Czechia League football has been back since May 23rd. Hungary started the cup semi-finals on the same day. The Ekstraklasa in Poland begins on Friday (May 29th).

Denmark started this Thursday with the catch-up game Aarhus GF against Randers FC, after which the champion will be determined. In Sweden the new season is even scheduled to begin with an audience on June 14th - in Norway on June 16th. Red Bull Salzburg will compete in the Austrian Cup final on Friday evening. © APA / BARBARA GINDL

The restart in Austria is planned from June 2nd, before that the cup final will be played on this Friday evening. In Switzerland, following a decision by the Federal Council, gaming operations can resume from June 6th. Today in May, the league's clubs want to vote on the continuation.

The end of May should also be in Croatia and in Serbia the ball rolls again. In Serbia from June 1st there will even be spectators – with a safety distance of one meter.

In Russia The season is scheduled to resume on June 21st. After all, the stadiums can be filled to ten percent with spectators. The consumer protection authority Rospotrebnadzor also gave the green light for the teams to continue training.

During the month of June they are planning Slovakia, Portugal, Romania, Turkey and Greece the restart, but in some cases approval from the authorities is still necessary.

Serie A Italy	SP	TV	P
1. Inter	15	34:14	33
2.Milan	15	24:13	32
3. Naples	15	22:13	31
4. Roma	15	16:8	30
5. Juventus	15	19:14	26
6.Bologna	15	23:13	25
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An overview: This is what is happening in football Europe

After three days of ghost games in the Bundesliga, Italy's Serie A now wants to follow suit. The ball is already rolling again in other European leagues, such as in Estonia and the Czech Republic - but other countries have ended their seasons prematurely. An overview.

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