Mario Balotelli has echoed calls from Italy’s Players’ Association to postpone football while coronavirus fears remain rife around the country.
More than 5000 cases of COVID-19 have been discovered in one of the world’s hotspots for the new disease, with approximately 233 deaths in the nation.
The Lombardy region has been particularly hard hit, with Damiano Tommasi, president of the AIC, calling for the game to be stopped for the moment.
“Let’s stop the league!! Do we need anything else? Stop football!!” he wrote.
Balotelli, who plays with Brescia in the virus-hit region, added his weight to the campaign with an impassioned post.