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Soccer: Weigh quarantine says Gravina (8)

Hope for small fan presence by season's end-FIGC chief

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - Rome, June 1 - Italian Soccer Federation (FIGC) chief Gabriele Gravina said Monday the FIGC had asked Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora to "weigh quarantine" a week before the season restarts with Italian Cup semis on June 13 and 14.
    The season will continue with the Italian Cup final on June 17 and the resumption of Serie A on June 20.
    Matches will be played behind closed doors.
    But Gravina said he hoped "with all my heart" for a "small presence of fans" to be allowed before the end of the championship later this summer.
    "It's unthinkable that in a 60,000-seat stadium there can't be room for a minimal percentage with all due precautions," he told Radio 24.
    "It's certainly premature today, but it could give another small signal of hope for our country.
    "It would be a way of paying back Italian soccer fans for all their sacrifices and suffering."

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