Cristiano Ronaldo has been recalled from Portugal as Serie A clubs get back to individual training on Monday after a two-month coronavirus lockdown, but doubts remain over whether the championship can return.

The interior ministry's go-ahead for players to return to club training facilities two weeks ahead of schedule has offered fans hope that the 2019 to 2020 season might yet be saved.

The government was responding after regions that had avoided the worst of the pandemic took matters into their own hands, and gave permission to clubs to open their facilities for players to train on their own.