The Spanish top flight will resume next month after the Prime Minister confirmed lockdown restrictions might be lifted.
La Liga will be able to resume from the week beginning June 8 after Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gave the green light for soccer to return.
Barcelona sit top of La Liga table with a two-point lead over Real Madrid. with 11 games left to play
The Spanish top flight suspended since March. However authorities exploring a solution to conclude the campaign while the coronavirus pandemic continues.
La Liga officials have been looking to Friday, June 12 as the date on which they need the league to return, and so they can now push towards that target.
Sanchez stated in an address to the nation on Saturday: “Spain has done what it should and now new horizons are opening for everyone. The time has come to resume many daily activities. From June 8, La Liga will return to football.”
La Liga president Javier Tebas stated earlier this week he was “excited” concerning the prospect of matches returning. He stressed they might only proceed with clearance from health authorities, however the go-ahead from Sanchez means Spanish soccer will soon be up and running once more.
Spanish groups allowed to return to training not too long ago and working in teams of 10 this week. Although they have to proceed to stick to social distancing measures.
Games will probably be played with out supporters present to minimise the chance of the disease spreading once more – a development Spain coach Luis Enrique is not excited about.
“Enjoying behind closed doors is sadder than dancing with your own sister,” he stated this week.
“But you have to understand that soccer is a business – and it’ll help to pass the time during lockdown.”
Barcelona sit top of La Liga with a two-point lead over challengers Real Madrid with 11 games left to play. At the other end, bottom side Espanyol are six points from safety whereas Leganes and Mallorca are scrambling for a way out of the relegation zone.
All professional footballers in La Liga and Segunda Division tested ahead of a return to training and a potential resumption of the 2019-20 season. With Spain one of the European countries worst hit by the pandemic.
La Liga have confirmed that 5 players have tested positive, however all are asymptomatic.
The identities of two kept anonymous according to data protection guidelines in Spain. Whereas Real Betis announced Joel Robles, Alfonso Pedraza and Juanmi Jimenez have been infected.
