Turkey to resume football leagues in 2020 summer
Baku, May 7, AZERTAC
The football leagues in Turkey will resume in 2020 summer, the country's football body said on Wednesday, Anadolu Agency reports.
"For now, we decided to start Turkish football leagues, which were previously suspended [due to coronavirus], such as the Super Lig, first, second, third divisions and amateur leagues in the week of June 12, 13 and 14," the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) President Nihat Ozdemir said in a video conference.
He stated that the federation has now different scenarios to handle the coronavirus process so that the football's actors will not be harmed.
Ozdemir said that they will apply to the Turkish Health Ministry so that the new schedule for the games to be implemented and the ministry will refer the issue to the Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Board.
"Following the joint works of the Health Ministry and scientific board, they will decide how the games will be played."
He recalled that Turkish leagues were held behind closed doors after the first coronavirus case was seen on March 11 and the federation suspended the local competitions after the fatalities.
Ozdemir said that Turkey aims to complete the 2019-2020 football season with the support of all public offices.
He added hopefully that the football leagues will be completed by the end of July, the championship cups to be handed in on the pitch, and Turkey will host 2020 UEFA Champions League final in August.
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