Virtus Bologna CEO Luca Baraldi said that he would stop the EuroCup season now and resume the competition in January or February with a different format.<\/p>\n
Baraldi spoke to Il Corriere dello Sport about coronavirus pandemic and how it is affecting the EuroCup season.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe virus is circulating fast, we have difficulties in traveling through Italy, let alone in Europe. I believe that the competition should be suspended and resumed in January and February with a revised format. In spring we will be able to move around Europe more easily.<\/p>\n
Today many teams have players that are positive to covid among their players and there is no competitive equity. It is a discourse that applies to the European cups, but also to the domestic leagues. We are in constant contact with Farnesina which invites all Italian citizens not to leave the country.<\/p>\n
We were in Belgium, in a country that is in lockdown. A situation of danger for us\u201d Baraldi said.<\/p>\n
The other Italian clubs in EuroCup don\u2019t have the same ideas.<\/p>\n
Trento GM Salvatore Trainotti said that suspending EuroCup is not a solution right now and it is better to keep playing.<\/p>\n
Venezia president Federico Casarin said that the Italian champions want to play safely and believe in EuroCup protocols.<\/p>\n
Brescia GM Sandro Santoro added that EuroCup protocols are stricter than Serie A protocols.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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