Reports are spreading that the first football played in Italy after the coronavirus lockdown will be the Coppa Italia semi-finals on May 27 and 28, with Serie A following a few days later.

It’s widely believed training will resume after the lockdown order is eased on May 4, with the FIGC (Italian Football Federation) drawing up a protocol for swab and blood tests once a week.

In the first leg, Inter lost 1-0 at home to Napoli, and would have to go to Naples and win in order to advance to the final where they will meet either Milan or Juventus.

This is a really tough task for Inter as they will go through a 3-4 week abbreviated pre-season with the big difference being no friendlies against other teams. That will be unprecedented, and hopefully the gulf in experience between Antonio Conte and Gennaro Gattuso will allow Inter to be better prepared for the match.

Resuming from the Coppa would have several benefits, giving the other clubs time to prepare for the start of the Serie A season around May 30-31, and being free to air in Italy, as the rights for this tournament are with State television Rai.

It’d enable all people in the country to watch rather than just those with Sky or DAZN accounts.

The idea would then be to play a Serie A round every three days, concluding some time between mid-July and August 2.

In order to keep players isolated and constantly monitored, they’d go into a pre-season-style training retreat, but this is something the AIC (Italian Players’ Association) is not in favorr of.

The FIGC had been due to hold a conference call with various elements of the Italian football world, but it has been postponed to April 23.

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