The sequence of events and the effect on sport activity
Initially, on 11 March 2020, the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) agreed that all matches of non-professional Football and Futsal Competitions at the State level would be suspended from that date and for a period of two weeks.
On 12 March 2020, Laliga also decided to postpone at least the next two matchdays under the measures established in Royal Decree 664/1997 of 12 May 1997, on the protection of workers against the risks related to exposure to biological agents at work.
However, on 14 March 2020, the Spanish Government published the Royal Decree 463/2020, declaring a “state of alarm”
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