As for the World Championships, the games missed this weekend are going to be played this week sometime ahead of the finals, though no specifics of dates and times have been given yet.

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Giancarlo Abete, president of the country's football federation (FIGC), announced the suspension of Serie B and C matches at the weekend, but international matches are taking place this week with no top-flight matches taking place, which has led to some commentators critical of such a weak reaction.

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But despite twisting his ankle in practice earlier this week, Safin said he had no doubts that he would be able to play in this weekend's matches.

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