Milan: The 2020/21 Serie A season will start on Sept 19, one week later than originally planned, the Italian league said in a statement on Monday.
"The Lega Serie A have confirmed the dates for the new league season, which begins on September 19, 2020, and end May 21, 2021," read a statement on the Serie A website.
The league said the decision “confirms the preference already expressed … by the majority of the clubs in a meeting dedicated to this topic," the statement added.
Also, the 2020/21 Serie A season will see a shorter Christmas break than usual and matches will be played on both Jan 3 and Jan 6.
Meanwhile, the 2019-2020 season, which was interrupted for three months between March and June because of the coronavirus pandemic, ended on Sunday with Juventus winning the ninth consecutive Scudetto while Inter Milan finished second.
Interestingly, Lazio striker Ciro Immobile matched the record for goals in a Serie A season with 36 courtesy a rule change that led to more penalty kicks.
In his last match of the season, Immobile finished off an exchange with Adam Maruic with one-touch midway through the first half of a 3-1 loss at Napoli on Saturday.
Juventus' star striker Cristiano Ronaldo finished second on this season's scoring list with 31 to match Juventus' club record.
