Owner of SSC Napoli football club, Aurelio De Laurentiis (L) speaks to Pope Francis (R) as co-Director of the NGO Scholas Occurentes Jose Maria del Corral (C) looks on, after De Laurentiis presented the Pope with a jersey of SSC Napoli flocked together with his name, through the “Eco-Educational Cities” conference organised by Scholas Ocurrentes and aimed toward promoting education and sustainability on May 25, 2023 on the Augustinian Patristic Pontifical Institute in Rome. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP)
The 4 Serie A football matches scheduled to happen on Monday have been postponed to a later date following the death of Pope Francis, the Italian top flight said in a press release.
Udinese’s game at Torino, Fiorentina’s visit to Cagliari, Genoa’s match against Lazio and Juventus’ trip to Parma might be rescheduled to an unspecified date.
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The games may have to suit right into a congested finish to the season, potentially clashing with the Champions League semifinals.
Serie A also postponed matches in its youth league.
The Italian football federation (FIGC) announced that each one games across skilled and amateur football on Monday could be rescheduled to a later date.
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The FIGC hailed the Pope as “an example of Christian charity and dignity in suffering, all the time near the world of football”.
The Vatican said Pope Francis, a keen football fan, died aged 88 on Monday.
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