Italy and Spain’s reaction to coronavirus expected to be followed‘I prefer not to play games without people’ says City managerPep Guardiola believes it inevitable that
England will follow the example of
Italy and
Spain and begin playing football matches behind closed doors because of coronavirus, but hopes the precaution will be limited to no more than a couple of games.
“You have to ask whether it is worth playing football without the spectators,” the
Manchester City manager said. “It doesn’t make any sense to play professional football without the people, because they are the ones we do it for, but obviously we are going to follow the instructions we are given.