It's official - the Telekom 1st Montenegrin football league, which was interrupted on March 13 due to the coronavirus pandemic, will resume on Saturday, May 30, with the matches of the 24th round. A day later, the competition in the Second League should continue.
These are the pairs of the much-awaited round of the CFL: Zeta - Rudar, Podgorica - Iskra, Kom - Sutjeska, Petrovac - OFK Titograd and Budućnost - Grbalj.
It is also known that all, or the vast majority of matches, will be played at night, and efforts are being made to broadcast as many matches as possible live, because they will be played in front of empty stands.
The remaining 13 rounds, in which the leader Buducnost enters with nine points more than the second-placed Sutjeska, should be played by July 24, when the UEFA deadline for the registration of teams that will play on the European stage expires. If Uefa extends the deadline, there will be more dates that could be used for the final of the Cup.
The decision by the FSCG to resume the championship on May 30 came after the National Coordinating Body for the Fight against Infectious Diseases gave the green light for sports competitions to resume two days earlier than the previously fixed date (June 1). Athletes will also be able to train in groups from tomorrow - at full or almost full capacity.
It is also an acceleration of the easing of measures, as the second stage of easing was supposed to start on May 18.
That's how it is in Montenegro, and how is it in other football championships across Europe? Football is slowly returning in most of the Old Continent, and the Montenegrin championship is among the first to be resumed, after the German Bundesliga, which starts in two days.
We present an overview and cross-section of the state of major European national football championships during the coronavirus.
GERMANY: They start already on Saturday, May 16, in front of empty stands and with rigorous measures. "It won't be a disaster even if one of the players gets infected," said Borussia Dortmund CEO Karsten Kramer yesterday.
ENGLAND: Marathon talks and analyzes of representatives of clubs, the league, professional footballers, TV broadcasters, health services, ministries are still ongoing... The plan is to continue in June, but the Premier League cannot do anything until the government's permission arrives.
ITALY: A sea of information, statements, contradictory views... Finally, Serie A yesterday offered two dates to resume - June 13 and 20, but Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora described the amended medical protocol of the Italian FA as "insufficient".
SPAIN: "If everything goes as it should, we will continue on June 12," said La Liga president Javier Tebas. It is assumed that at least one match will be played every day until the end of July.
FRANCE: "The key in the lock". The government stopped all sports activities until September, the League was concluded, PSG was declared champion, but the tails remained - Lyon already asked for compensation because they will not be able to fight for European competitions, Amiens complained to the Court about relegation.
NETHERLANDS: The championship was suspended, but no champion was declared. AZ Alkmar, Twente and Kambur consider themselves severely damaged.
BELGIUM: The first country to suspend the season, but after a warning from UEFA, the official confirmation of the decision has already been delayed four times. However, it is unlikely that the league will continue in which Aleksandar Boljević and several other football players of ours play.
PORTUGAL: It was supposed to resume on May 30, but the start was moved to June 4, to allow more time for the stadium inspection.
RUSSIA: The plan is to continue on June 21 or 28, but the option of interruption due to the epidemic that is still raging has not been ruled out.
AUSTRIA: One of the first countries to allow training, and the league will resume in early June.
POLAND: Marko Vešović and his teammates from Legija will have a chance to keep the first place and win the title in the championship, which will continue on May 29.
CZECH REPUBLIC: It should start first after the Bundesliga - on May 25. Vladimir Jovović, winger of Jablonec, will also be in the facility.
HUNGARY: On May 23, two Cup matches will be played, and then the championship starts.
DENMARK: The continuation is on May 28. The hourly rate has also been changed, so that as many matches as possible are available on television.
SWITZERLAND: "Sajdžija" are still cautious. The government has allowed the game to be played from June 8, but the clubs probably won't start before the 20th.
TURKEY: It continues on June 12.
UKRAINE: No plan yet, no decision. Government measures are awaited.
SWEDEN: Sead Hakšabanović and other football players should start the competition on June 14.
SERBIA: It continues on May 30, but in a modified format. Only the remaining four rounds of the regular season will be played.
CROATIA: "Restart" is scheduled for June 6. Two semi-final matches of the Cup will be played a week earlier.
SLOVENIA: It will be played in June, but the date is not yet known.
BIH: There are no decisions yet whether the championship will continue.
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