The leadership of the A series decided to postpone the matches of the 1st round with the participation of Genoese teams.
A few days ago in the Italian city of Genoa, a tragedy occurred that took the lives of several dozen people - the bridge collapsed.
In the upcoming weekend was to start the championship of Italy. The Serie A leadership decided that clubs from Genoa - Sampdoria and Genoa - will hold their matches later.
Earlier representatives of both teams asked to postpone the first matches for another date.
"The new dates for the two matches of the first round will be announced in the coming days in accordance with the current rules," - said in a statement of the series A.
Sampdoria was supposed to hold a match of the first round of the house against Fiorentina, while Genoa will go on a visit to Milan. August 18 (the day of the first round matches) - declared in Italy a day of mourning.