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Italian federation agrees to allow five substitutions

March 8, 2020 Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo in action with Inter Milan's Antonio Candreva REUTERS

Serie A is set to allow five substitutions per team when it resumes on June 20 following the novel coronavirus stoppage after the temporary rule change was approved by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) on Friday.

The FIGC said in a statement that its decision-making council had agreed “to allow a maximum number of five substitutions to be made for each team in the scheduled competitions up to the end of the 2019/2020 season.”

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