The Italian Cup semi-final clash between Juventus and AC Milan has been postponed as fears mount over the coronavirus epidemic in northern Italy, local authorities in Turin announced on Tuesday night
The match was due to take place tonight at Juve’s Allianz Stadium with fans from most of Italy able to attend but Claudio Palomba, the prefect of the Turin province, said that the government’s restrictions on who could attend sporting events weren’t enough to guarantee safety.
No new date has yet been fixed for the second leg of the last four tie, which is level at 1-1 following the first match at the San Siro last month. On Tuesday the number of deaths in Italy caused by the outbreak of the coronavirus jumped to 79 with more than 2500 people infected – the most of any country in Europe.
The match had been scheduled to take place behind closed doors, but then a government decree enabled fans who did not live in those three regions and two other provinces in Liguria and Le Marche to attend the match.
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