The emotional impact of the disaster led to postponement of the Serie A matches in which local teams were involved in Sampdoria and Genoa who should have opened their campaigns against Fiorentina and AC Milan.
But all other games start from Saturday – the day of the funerals of the 38 victims – with the top two Juventus and Napoli teams from last season in action.
A minute's silence is held before each match where the players wear the field with black bracelets. [19659002] A lot is expected of the presence of Ronaldo in the Italian league this season after the low point of Italy that misses the qualification for the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia. "
" He is going to raise the level of the championship, "said the Italian football legend Dino Zoff.
" Everyone can benefit from it, with Ronaldo all eyes will be on us and the Serie A can win ground. " purchase will result in the arrival of other big names to Serie A. "
Midfielder Sami Khedira said he was eager to play together with Ronaldo and forgets his own dire World Cup campaign in which Germany fell in the group stage.
"I can not wait to start the new season, and it is also fantastic to be able to play with Ronaldo again after the time we shared together in Real Madrid," Khedira said on Instagram.
"Despite the excitement for the new season, this was one of the toughest summers of my career.
" After a good season at Juventus in which I scored nine goals, I played my two worst matches in the World Cup and the was terrible. "
While Ronaldo plays the leading role in his new team, the surprise could come in defense with Andrea Barzagli and new signing Joao Cancelo compete for the role of right-back.
World Cup winner Blaise Matuidi has just returned to action coach Massimiliano Allegri could play a new midfield with Emre Can and Khedira alongside Miralem Pjanic and Juan Cuadrado.
Ancelotti return
Napoli returns to their search for a first title since the days of the Argentinian star Diego Maradona in 1987 and 1990 after having pushed Juventus to the line last season.
After having claimed 91 points for a second place, Maurizio Sarri finished in the club for Chelsea with the Italian Carlo Ancelotti, who played for the first time. returns to the Serie A for the first time in almost a decade.
The much-traveled Italian arrives in Naples with three Champions League trophies from his proverbs. et AC Milan and Real Madrid and a title in the Premier League of his two-year stint in Chelsea.
Eusebio di Francesco & # 39; s Roma – third last season – travels to Torino with Inter Milan, who also qualified for the Champions League during a visit to Sassuolo on Sunday, as Bologna and SPAL, who both survived at death last season it went against each other in an attempt to start the season positively.
Among the newcomers, Parma returned to the top flight, only three years after he was declared bankrupt, while he organized Udinese in their first game
Also returning to the Serie A are Empoli, a team from Florence, who starts at home against Cagliari, and Frosinone, from the south of Rome, traveling to Atalanta on Monday.
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