Serie A in the time of Coronavirus Who really pays the consequences of the matches behind closed doors between fans, clubs, players and sponsors.

After the scientific and technical committee wanted by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and the minister of sport Spadafora assessed which could be the best solution to deal with the virus that is affecting the Bel Paese, the Football Federation officialized what everyone now expected:

"Taking into account the provisions issued and the further indications received by the Government to deal with the Coronavirus emergency and safeguard public health, in order to avoid the interruption of the sports competition, as well as to ensure its development and allow its conclusion, the FIGC has ordered with a specific provision, until further determination, that all matches organized by the Serie A League be played behind closed doors".

While tourism is on its knees, the premises are empty and companies are forced to leave employees at home, the ball thinks it can incredibly get out of the crisis. With people locked in the house, forced not to be able to go out into the red areas, football should have carried out its main function: the social one. The matches broadcast on the air on television would have represented an important moment of leisure and 90 minutes of return to normal, keeping millions of fans glued to the sofa, helping to halve the chances of contagion.

Unfortunately, the health emergency will not end soon: if football does not realize it, in Italy you will no longer see a ball rolling for months. And, at that point, it is not just the usual fans who will lose out.