Good News, Coppa Italia Finale At Mapei Stadium Will Be Attended By 4.300 Spectators

Illustration of one of the Coppa Italia finalists, Juventus (Twitter @juventusfcen)

JAKARTA - The Coppa Italia finale between Atalanta and Juventus at the Mapei Stadium, Reggio Emilia, on May 19 will be attended by a live audience after obtaining permission from the Italian government.

Italian Deputy Health Minister Andrea Costa said the request for permission submitted by the Italian football federation, FIGC, had been agreed and spectators were allowed to fill 20 percent of the capacity of the Mapei Stadium.

"After discussing it with Health Minister Roberto Speranza, I can confirm the government's willingness to open a stadium with a capacity of 20 percent", Costa said in a statement quoted by Antara from Reuters on Thursday evening.

"The Scientific Technical Committee is currently studying protocols to allow spectators to arrive and watch matches safely and comply with anti-COVID legislation", he added.

With this permit, from the total capacity of 21.584 spectators, the Coppa Italia finale at the Mapei Stadium will be allowed to be filled by 4.300 spectators.

Serie A president Paolo Dal Pino welcomed the permission from the Italian government for the direct attendance of spectators in the finale of Coppa Italia.

Dal Pino also stated that he was still optimistic that the top caste of the Italian League would still be attended by at least 1.000 spectators in each stadium for the final round of matches later.

"We are grateful to the government for accepting the request to bring the public back to the Coppa Italia finale, it is an important signal towards the normal conditions we need", said Dal Pino.

"We remain confident that we will be able to open the stadium for the final round of the Italian League and allow 1.000 spectators to attend in full safety", he added.

The news of the opening of the Coppa Italia finale to the public is clearly a series of positive news for the Italian football public after the country confirmed that the Olimpico Stadium, which will host Euro 2020, will be held with the presence of 25 percent of the total audience capacity.

The Olimpico will host their opening Euro 2020 match between Italy and Turkey on June 11, as well as two other Italy matches in the Group A qualifiers against Switzerland and Wales and one quarter-final match.