AC Milan pay tribute to coronavirus victims in win over Roma
Football | June 29, 2020 0:11 ISTThe Lombardy region of which Milan is the capital was the hardest hit area in Italy with more than 16,000 deaths.
The Lombardy region of which Milan is the capital was the hardest hit area in Italy with more than 16,000 deaths.
With Roma having not played a competitive match since March 1 because of the pandemic, the players and coaching staff will forgo salaries due to them for March, April, May and June.
The U-17 World Cup was scheduled to be held at five venues in India from November 2-21, but is now postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The players and coaching staff of Italian side AS Roma have decided to donate their salaries to hospital in the club's fundraising campaign.
Roma said Wednesday it will not travel for the match because “the plane from Italy was not authorized to land in Spain.”
Italian sides Inter Milan and Roma will take on Spain's Getafe and Sevilla respectively, while Manchester United will play Austrian side LASK.
Musa Barrow netted a brace as Bologna beat Roma 3-2 in Serie A on Friday.
Juventus, who have won the competition a record 13 times — including four of the past five editions — will face AC Milan or Torino in the two-legged semifinal.
Goals from Merih Demiral and Cristiano Ronaldo in the opening 10 minutes moved the Bianconeri two points ahead of Inter Milan, who were held 1-1 by Atalanta a day earlier, at the halfway stage of the season.
The home draw left Inter only two points ahead of Juventus, which can regain the lead when it visits third-placed Lazio on Saturday.
India will host the FIFA U17 Women's World Cup in November 2020.
Referee Gianluca Rocchi made the decision in the second half after Roma fans aimed anti-territorial chants at Napoli.
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