Is our beloved football finally returning to normal? We can say that football is gradually returning to normal, and we have every reason to be delighted because, from mid-June, Serie A, LaLiga and the Premier League will be back. Of course, the Bundesliga has already started, but it won’t be business as usual. As you know, all matches will be played behind closed doors without spectators, and it seems this situation will be with us for quite some time. The good news is that we’ll be able to spend our afternoons watching great matches again and finding out how the season ends: which teams will be relegated and whether Sarri’s Juventus side will manage to be crowned champions once more, or whether it will be Inzaghi’s Lazio who pull off the feat.
LaLiga is also still to be decided. Zidane’s players at Real Madrid are still fighting to overtake Barcelona, who are slightly ahead. In the Premier League, on the other hand, the title is as good as decided: Liverpool sit top of the table with a comfortable lead over Manchester City.
But many people are asking: what about the rest of football? Women’s football, Serie B, amateur football, football academies? It remains a big unknown and, unfortunately, we believe there is still a long way to go, although we don’t know exactly how far. It is thought that Serie B and women’s football could return ‘soon’, perhaps within a month or even in September. But what will happen to our football? What will happen to amateur football? There are plenty of rumours, but nothing has been confirmed yet. One of the most likely scenarios is that the current season will be brought to a definitive end, with few promotions and relegations, and that the new season will begin in January 2021. This would mean starting a season in the middle of winter with very low temperatures, which is completely different from the norm. It is a possibility, although there has also been much talk of resuming the unfinished season in September to determine the champions and the teams that will be relegated. However, this latter option seems far less likely.
