City
Epaper

Plan is to restart the competition in June: LaLiga President

By IANS | Published: May 04, 2020 7:59 PM

Spanish LaLiga President Javier Tebas is optimistic that the current season, stopped midway because of the COVID-19 pandemic, can restart in June."We have time until June 28th, we were keen to start training.

Open in App

Spanish LaLiga President Javier Tebas is optimistic that the current season, stopped midway because of the COVID-19 pandemic, can restart in June.

The football matches in the country have been stopped since March 12 in wake of the pandemic that has hit the entire world.

Basic training was allowed to resume in Spain on Monday after the government watered down some of the lockdown measures that had been imposed since mid-March.

"We have time, there's no need to rush. But our plan is to restart the competition in June," Tebas was quoted as saying by LaLiga over the weekend.

"We have time until June 28th, we were keen to start training. Let's wait and see the exact date we can start training.

"But now at least I can foresee finishing the league, which is very important for us," he added.

The country's Prime Minister had stated that steps are being taken to end lockdown measures slowly as Spain enters the 'de-escalation' phase with respect to the effect of the virus.

France's top-tier Ligue 1 and second division Ligue 2 were suspended due to the pandemic.

Netherlands too have called off this season of the Eredivisie without naming any champions and without teams getting relegated.

( With inputs from IANS )

Tags: UEFA Champions LeagueJavier tebas
Open in App

Related Stories

FootballParis Saint Germain sign Milan Skriniar on five-year deal

FootballPSG parts ways with head coach Christophe Galtier after disappointing season

FootballParis Saint-Germain part ways with manager Christophe Galtier after one season

FootballAtletico Madrid's Geoffrey Kondogbia to join Marseille

FootballLionel Messi wins 'Best Foreign Player' award of Ligue 1

Football Realted Stories

FootballSouth United Football Club to conduct 'Free Summer Camp with Terry Phelan

FootballLeicester City promoted to Premier League as Leeds suffer defeat against QPR

FootballPremier League: Man City cut deficit with Arsenal following 4-0 win over Brighton

FootballAIFF records historic 138 pc rise in women's footballers in last 21 months

Football"This is the end of the title run": Carragher on Liverpool's loss against Everton in PL