Official: Serie A returns on September 19

Serie A 2020/21 already has a start date: the ball will roll again in the Calcio fields as of September 19. It was established this afternoon by the Federal Council of Federcalcio in Rome, making official the postponement of one week with respect to the first communications, according to which the championship would have returned on the 12th.

Serie B, meanwhile, will begin on September 26, and Serie C on 27. This Wednesday (at 12 noon) the draw for the Serie A calendar will take place, which will probably have to consider requests from teams that participated in European competitions in August. Those clubs wanted the league to start later, but after today's Federal Council decision that will be impossible and alternative solutions will have to be studied to avoid controversy.

Aurelio De Laurentiis, president of Napoli, was blunt about the 'rush' to return due to the European Championship that will be played in summer: “It seems that the clubs are employees of UEFA, but it should be the other way around.”