Italy’s soccer federation permitted on Friday modifications to Serie A’s league title and relegation play-offs which have been launched final season.
In a press release, the FIGC confirmed that ought to two groups end on the identical factors on the prime of the desk the Scudetto can be determined in a one-match play-off.
However, the foundations now state that as a substitute of the deciding match being performed at a impartial venue it could be hosted by whichever group finishes in first place.
In Serie A whoever has the most effective head-to-head report between groups on the identical factors takes the upper place, after which come purpose distinction and targets scored if the groups nonetheless can’t be separated.
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The showdown could possibly be switched to whichever stadium hosts the Italian Cup remaining — lately Rome’s Stadio Olimpico — if the Italian authorities determine it crucial on the premise of public order.
The relegation play-off, disputed by the groups which end both facet of the drop zone in seventeenth and 18th, can be a two-legged affair with the group greater within the desk taking part in the second leg at house.
Last season Spezia was relegated by Verona in a one-off match after ending the common season simply outdoors the underside three.
The FIGC additionally mentioned tiny Lecco would play in Serie B for the primary time in half a century after deciding their bureaucratic troubles mustn’t cease the membership for registering within the second tier.
Lecco, primarily based on the jap leg of Lake Como, have been promoted final month however don’t have a stadium which meets Serie B’s laws so needed to discover another website.
It had two days to submit documentation for Serie B after beating Foggia within the play-off remaining and missed the deadline.
But it was given a reprieve by the FIGC after demonstrating that it had approval to make use of Padova’s stadium some 200 kilometres away in Italy’s north-east.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com