SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, (THEWILL) – Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced on Saturday that La Liga can resume from its coronavirus lockdown on the week of June 8.
“The resumption of major professional sporting competitions and in particular La Liga will be allowed from the week of June 8,” Sanchez told a press conference.
“Spain has done what it needed to do and now new horizons can open for everyone. The time has come to recover many of our daily activities. From June 8 La Liga will be able to return.”
More than two months after the COVID-19 pandemic halted the season in Spain, players have begun training in small groups as they aim to be as ready as possible for the planned reboot next month.
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The 2019-20 Spanish league season has been suspended since March 12 when a state of emergency was declared in the country.
Barcelona are currently top of the La Liga table with 58 points, followed by Real Madrid with 56 points.
At the relegation zone, Espanyol are six points from safety while Leganes and Mallorca are struggling for a way out of the bottom.
Spain has been one of the world’s worst hit nations by the COVID-19 outbreak, with more than 28,000 deaths and 234,000 cases of infection since the pandemic began.
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