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Will La Liga be completed amid coronavirus crisis? When could season resume?
La Liga is currenlty on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic - but when could the season resume and will it be completed?
Like many leagues across the globe, Spanish football has been suspended because of the ongoing coronavirus crisis. There has been more than 220,000 confirmed cases of the virus in Spain and over 23,000 deaths.
Will La Liga season be completed?
La Liga president Javier Tebas has been bullish in his desire to complete the campaign.
Barcelona were top of standings when play was suspended, with Real Madrid two points behind after 27 games.
Tebas has also claimed that teams will face points deductions if they refuse to play out the remainder of the season.
He said: "When they give us the order to be able to play, if there is a club who does not want to play, it will be treated as a no-show.
"First, three points will be deducted and then maybe more according to the rules."
Tebas previously proposed three possible re-start dates for La Liga: May 29, June 7 or June 28.
He also estimates the league could lose €1bn is the current season is not completed.
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During Sunday's daily coronavirus briefing, the country's health minister Salvador Illa said the campaign is unlikely to resume until the summer at the earliest.
"I cannot say now if professional football will be able to restart before the summer, it would be imprudent of me," he told a news conference.
He added: "There is an order from the health ministry which is in place for all types of groups, including professional football.
"They have to put whatever type of diagnostic tests they have at the disposition of the regional governments."
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Spain had its lowest death toll for coronavirus in over a month on Sunday.
But Illa has urged citizens to remain cautious and realistic about the immediate future.
"We are going to see how things evolve before we decide how different professions will resume activities," he said.
"Things will not be like they were before. Until we get a vaccine we're going to have to learn to live with this virus which I insist is dangerous and we cannot afford to show it a lack of respect."