Shenzhen FC coach Roberto Donadoni has revealed Chinese football is almost ready to resume after training continuously for over a month.

The former Italy CT has overseen Shenzhen the last year and as China tries to get back to normality, football has resumed with friendly matches.

Donadoni has revealed his men will play another match against Guangzhou Evergrande this weekend, in back-to-back friendlies against Fabio Cannavaro’s men, after their meeting last weekend.

Italy icon Fabio Cannavaro has revealed that he ‘dreams’ of managing the Azzurri or Real Madrid one day.

Cannavaro recently led Guangzhou Evergrande to the Chinese title but has yet to coach in Europe.

Now, the former Real Madrid defender says he is ‘thinking big’, with Italy and Los Blancos in his sights.

“I started working as a coach one day, dreaming of coaching a club like Real Madrid,” he told Madrilista Real.

Chinese Parma fans have donated 2,000 protective face masks to the Serie A club, along with personalised messages showing their love for the team.

The kind gesture was organised by Parma superfan Nevin Gong, who posted the package containing over 2,000 protective face masks to the Stadio Tardini side.

It included various messages from the Ducali supporters in China, showing themselves with the shirts, scarves and even selfies alongside coach Roberto D’Aversa from a previous visit.

Shenzhen FC coach Roberto Donadoni has revealed they are training like normal in China, but football is still waiting for a ‘certain programme’.

The 56-year-old arrived in China last summer and spoke about the ‘surreal situation’ in the Far East to Radio Anch’io Sport.

“We are all wearing masks when we are outdoors. Life has returned like before. We’re in total freedom, except for checks on the premises and in the markets. For the rest, you are quite free.

Suning Real Estate has become an official partner of Inter, as the club continues to move on the Asian market.

FCInter1908.it writes that the club announced the new commercial partnership on their official Nerazzurri profile in China.

“Suning Real Estate has officially become an authorised partner of Inter Football Club,” the statement said. “The two companies will work together to create a beautiful community that integrates the experience of Italian style and sports culture.

Former Italy CT Marcello Lippi has claimed Guangzhou Evergrande coach Fabio Cannavaro would be ready for a return to Europe: “He has wisdom and experience.”

The World Cup winners have had a similar path in the Far East, after Cannavaro took charge of Guangzhou Evergrande when Lippi stepped into the role of China CT.

The former defender also succeeded Lippi at the helm of the national side, as caretaker for just over a month between March 10 and April 28.

Former CT Marcello Lippi has claimed Italy knows how to turn ‘all the mess into a positive energy’ and highlighted the World Cup winners from 2006.

"Do you know why we won the World Cup both in 2006 and 1982 against everyone and everything? Because we were strong,” Lippi told the Gazzetta dello Sport. “Otherwise we would have melted like snow in the sun. We turned all the mess into a positive energy. We said to ourselves: ‘Ah, yes? Now we’ll show you…”

Former Italy CT Marcello Lippi claims Serie A "should be completed” and suggests broadcasting the matches on TV but “played behind closed doors”.

The World Cup winner has revealed that he would like to see the championship concluded on the pitch, even if it will affect next season.

“I’m of the opinion that the championship should be completed, all of them,” he told Radio Sportiva. “If they end in May, August or September remains to be seen.

Fabio Cannavaro says “life is getting back to normal” in China after his isolation ended, “so this must give us hope in Italy.”

Cannavaro has spent the duration of the coronavirus pandemic in China due to his role as coach of Guangzhou Evergrande.

China is also where the outbreak of COVID-19 originated, but the former Italy captain believes the situation is now under control.

Ciro Immobile’s agent claims Napoli “remain” admirers of the Lazio striker and that both Inter and Milan wanted him “a year ago”.

Immobile is Serie A’s top scorer with 27 goals, six clear of nearest challenger Cristiano Ronaldo, and Alessandro Moggi was asked about the 30-year-old’s future.

“There’s no doubt that [Cristiano] Giuntoli is a real admirer of Immobile, so much so that he wanted to bring him to Naples just before Ciro went to Lazio,” Moggi told Radio Kiss Kiss.