Brescia president Massimo Cellino has slammed the Lega Serie A for their handling of the ongoing Coronavirus situation which has affected several Serie A games in recent weeks.

A total of nine Serie A matches have been postponed to date as a direct consequence of the presence of the virus in Italy with there being over 1600 cases as of today with most of these cases being in the north of the country.

There is total confusion as to when the postponed matches will be rescheduled and how matches that cannot be presently rescheduled due to some team’s commitments in other competitions will fit into the calendar between now and the end of the season that cannot overrun due to the European Championship’s this season.

“To date, the only solution is to go ahead and play behind closed doors. Everyone looks at their own interests, but if we are all thinking about our own problems then the real problem isn’t being addressed. So either there is a national problem, or we are fooling ourselves,” he remarked in an interview with Gr Parlamento show ‘La Politica nel Pallone’ earlier today.

“What has happened is mortifying, the only solution to limit the damage is to play the six postponed games next weekend, postpone the league by a day and follow the original calendar and recover things in May.”

Former Leeds owner Cellino also blasted Lega Serie A for focusing so much of their attention on the Derby D’Italia between Juventus and Inter which was due to take place this past weekend.

“I tried to limit the damage but it was already done. The decision was made to play behind closed doors and instead, 10 hours before, all the games were postponed but the problem was only Juve-Inter. What mortifies me is that there are 20 teams in Serie A, not just two.

“If you continue to work for only two teams the problem becomes very serious. I was told we couldn’t transmit Juve-Inter behind closed doors because we would’ve given the message that Italy had a problem.

“However, if the problem is there, it’s pointless trying to hide it. Andrea Agnelli was ready to play on Sunday behind closed doors. The problem stems from a distorted vision of Italy from abroad.

“Inter’s Europa League match had already been held behind closed doors, and this is the least damaging solution, instead of hoping to find a solution to the virus as quickly as possible. It’s bad for both teams to play behind closed doors, but it’s the lesser of two evils.”

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