Football cannot restart soon during the COVID-19 emergency! A critical perspective from the Italian experience and a call for action

Br J Sports Med. 2020 Oct;54(20):1186-1187. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-102306. Epub 2020 Mar 24.

Authors

Alessandro Corsini¹, Gian Nicola Bisciotti^{2

3}, Cristiano Eirale³, Piero Volpi^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ FC Internazionale Milano, Milano, Italy sirconi@gmail.com.
² Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
³ Paris Saint Germain Football Club, Paris, France.
⁴ FC Internazionale Milano, Milano, Italy.
⁵ Knee Orthopaedics and Sport Traumatology, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milano, Italy.

PMID: 32209554
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2020-102306

No abstract available

Keywords: football; health; illness; training; virus.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Competitive Behavior
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Humans
Italy / epidemiology
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Psychological Distance
SARS-CoV-2
Soccer*