Playing Without Spectators, Inter President Affirms Safety First

DBasia.news –  The games in Serie A were held without spectators because of the the corona virus outbreak threat. Inter Milan president Steven Zhang stressed safety first.

Italy is the European country with the largest number of corona virus victims. From the WHO data, there were 3,858 cases resulting in 148 deaths. There are as many as 769 new cases, Friday (3/3/2020).

The Italian league is playing this week’s matches without spectators. One of them is derby d’Italia match between Juventus and Inter.

The match took place at the Allianz Stadium on Monday (03/09/2020). Zhang supported the decision of the Italian League to play without spectator.

“Obviously, everyone is taking the extra step of counting as a company. As a sports organization that has a great responsibility to society, we must ensure that everyone understands how public safety and health is the most crucial and important thing,” said Zhang at Football Italia .

“Obviously holding a match without spectator will make the match less beautiful, along with that the income will also be reduced.”

“But overall, one club, faced with a situation that can not only think of that factor because we believe that once the virus outbreak has passed, fans’ confidence will return,” he added.