2019-20 Euro soccer thread

[North]

Spain sentences 9 to prison for fixing a La Liga football match

https://www.dw.com/en/spain-sentence...tch/a-53233085

[North]

No surprise here...

Bundesliga setback? Dynamo Dresden in COVID-19 quarantine
Plans to restart the Bundesliga suffered a blow after players from second-division Dynamo Dresden tested positive for COVID-19. It makes the squad unable to fulfil their first fixture back and could jeopardize the return of soccer across the country.

https://www.dw.com/en/bundesliga-set...ne/av-53385526

[ScotlandRed]

Seems pretty rushed for a country that is normally so measured and meticulous with its planning. Some European leagues have already been called such as The Netherlands and France, Scotland isn’t far away.

[North]

The beat goes on...

Coronavirus: Five players test positive across Spain's top two divisions
By Mandeep Sanghera
BBC Sport

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/52607340

[paintmered]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/52619111

Coronavirus: No professional sport in England until 1 June at earliest

There will be no competitive sport until at least 1 June
No professional sport, even behind closed doors, will be staged in England until 1 June at the earliest, the UK government has announced.

The government has published a 50-page guidance document detailing how England will begin to ease lockdown measures.

Step two of that plan - which will not be allowed to start before 1 June - includes "permitting cultural and sporting events to take place behind closed doors for broadcast, while avoiding the risk of large-scale social contact".

The document states that reopening venues that attract large crowds, such as sports grounds, "may only be fully possible significantly later depending on the reduction in numbers of infections".

Premier League clubs are meeting on Monday to continue discussions on Project Restart.

[M2]

In the absence of games, Sergio Ramos Instagram workouts have become required viewing for Madridistas. He's trying to win the La Liga pull up title.

[BuckeyeRed27]

https://www.bbc.com/sport/52619111

The part of the proposal where they play soccer matches every single day and it's broadcast on TV is a big yes please (assuming they can pull it off and everyone is healthy of course).

[North]

Premier League: Restrictions in place for team training under 'Project Restart'


https://www.wionews.com/sports/premi...s-mount-298236

[BuckeyeRed27]

https://www.espn.com/soccer/italian-...urn-on-june-13

Italy trying to come back on June 13th.

[North]

Well. we shall see...

Football in England: Government 'opens door for safe return in June'

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/52665805

[schmidty622]

Erling Haaland is such a movie villain, it's great!

[North]

Premier League: Six positive coronavirus tests across three clubs

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/52726278

..."Clubs were permitted to test up to 40 personnel and some did not use their full allocation, while some samples are still yet to be processed."...

Stacking the deck, eh?

[North]

Italy’s Serie A given green light to resume on June 20

https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/spo.../30/2003737298

[BuckeyeRed27]

Arsenal needs to put David Luiz back on break.

[M2]

The title and Champions League races in Spain look like they're going right to the wire.

Also, over in Italy, the Atalanta team Betterread has mentioned deserves your love and affection. They play an attacking style in a smaller city (Brescia) that got hit brutally hard by COVID-19.