The strict phrase of the president of a Serie A club: “The league is over, if anyone wants this damn Scudetto, they should keep it”

In this frame, there is a huge debate in Europe about what will happen to the main championships, which were interrupted in the middle of the season and whose outcome is, therefore, a question to be solved.

With the postponement of the European Championship for next year, football has found a hole to fill with the postponed matches. However, for this measure to be efficient, the situation must be completely normalized in June, something that many experts see as utopian. Is so some leaders begin to have more "pessimistic" views on the situation and put more blunt proposals on the table.

"The league is finished," assured the president of Brescia, Massimo Cellino, in an interview with the Corriere dello Sport. "We must not think about when we are going to resume, but about surviving. And if we talk about soccer, everything must be returned for the next season. Let's be realistic! This virus is the plague"Said this 63-year-old businessman.

The black plague, which occurred between 1347 and 1353, ended the lives of more than 25 million people, only in Europe, although due to the few existing documents from that time it is estimated that the number may be much higher. Despite the fact that the Covid-19 does not have the level of lethality that existed on that occasion, the situation is comparable worldwide due to the stoppage of activities.

The Brescia, the club of Mario Balotelli, is bottom in the Italian Serie A football, which has been suspended since March 9 due to the progression of the new coronavirus in Italy. The city of Brescia, in the Lombardy region, is one of the areas most affected by the pandemic in Italy.

"You can't play this campaign anymore. Some do not realize what is happening and these people are worse than the virus ”Cellino added. The leader's statements come at a time when several clubs have officially planned to resume training next week, in the midst of confinement throughout the country.

Lazio planned to resume their practices on Monday, but the Italian sports press agrees that the team's players will not be at the club's training center, at best, until Thursday. Napoli set Wednesday as their return day, but the Italian press also points out that that date will be postponed. The Cagliari, which was due to resume its activity on Monday, also delayed its return to group training.

"The league is over. If anyone wants this damn Scudetto, keep it. Is finished. I am not saying this because the Brescia is the last. We deserve it"Cellino stated. "If Lotito (Claudio Lotito, the president of Lazio) wants it, let him keep it. He is convinced of having an invincible team, let's let him think about it ”, concluded the president of Brescia.

Series A was interrupted when there were still 12 dates to go. Juventus is the leader of the table with 63 points, one more than his escort, Lazio, with whom he should face on April 26. In the low zone, Brescia has 16 units, Spal 2013 18 and Lecce shares the last relegation position with Genoa, both with 25.