From 17 to 19 May at Lanciano Fiera the innovation of amateur football

LANCIANO – The National Amateur League works as a team, overcomes the concept of the Third Half, and projects itself into the future. The large family of amateur football is organizing an unprecedented event, a moment of meeting between all the protagonists of the universe of grassroots football: from 17 to 19 May at Lanciano Fiera, the Abruzzo trade fair centre, federal managers, clubs, members, athletes and commercial partners will all come together to create a system with “Quarto Tempo – The innovation of amateur football”. A real laboratory in which crucial topics will be discussed with workshops and round tables proposed by the National Amateur League.

The presentation to the press, moderated by the director of Corriere dello Sport Ivan Zazzaroni, took place yesterday morning in the “Sala Zuccari” of Palazzo Giustiniani, seat of the Presidency of the Senate of the Republic, in the presence of many representatives of political and sporting institutions: the FIGC President Gabriele Gravina, NLD President Giancarlo Abete, the President of CR Abruzzo, as well as promoter of the event, Ezio Memmo, the senators Guido Quintino Liris and Etel Sigismondi, the Abruzzo Region Sports Councilor Mario Quaglieri, the Mayor of Lanciano Filippo Paolini, the President of Lanciano Fiera Orietta Mercurio, the LND federal councilors Francesco Franchi and Florio Zanon, the President of the Lega Pro Matteo Marani, the Vice President of the FIGC Daniele Ortolano, the President of the AIA Carlo Pacifici, the Vice Presidents of the AIAC Giancarlo Camolese and Francesco Perondi, for the women’s Serie B Division Laura Tinari, the Coordinator of the LND Interregional Department Luigi Barbiero, the President of the 5-a-side Football Division Luca Bergamini, the Vice Presidents of the LND, the vicar Christian Mossino, Giulio Ivaldi and Gianni Cadoni, the Presidents of the Regional Committees, the CR Abruzzo Board of Directors, the institutional sponsors LND.

“We are a large association which, to function as such, must strengthen its levels of internal cohesion, capacity for discussion and dialogue as well as sharing a project – he underlined Fir – The objective of these three days is to meet together with all the components of the federal and institutional world to create critical mass and seek solutions on the issues that directly concern us for the development of amateur football”.

Following the speech by Gravina: “Quarto Tempo represents an opportunity to turn the spotlight back on one of the most beautiful dimensions of our sport, the one that allows us to enhance sociality and the territory. The idea of ​​creating a laboratory where together we can find answers to some of the most important challenges for football is a particularly happy intuition of the LND, which confirms a great sense of responsibility and ability to work as a system.”

The words of. followed to reinforce the meaning of the project Memmo: “I thank the LND for giving me the opportunity to coordinate this project which, for three days, will unite all the representatives of our world. With the reform of sports work we have arrived at an epochal turning point for the amateur movement, which must now take the time necessary to reflect and outline the programmatic lines for the future. Finally, I thank the institutions that contributed to making this moment of aggregation a reality.”

So instead Sen. Liris: “The relationship with the Amateur League has been going on for many years, with Ezio Memmo in particular when I held the position of sports councilor for the Abruzzo Region. Amateur football is the network on which the sociality of our territories is based, thanks to this initiative, issues on which it is our duty, as representatives of the institutions, to raise citizens’ awareness will be brought to attention”.

“I thank the LND for choosing our Region for such a significant initiative – continued the Sen. Sigismondi – The numbers of amateur football make us understand its social value before its sporting value, the desire to stop and think about the challenges for the future represents far-sighted management”.

Quaglieri: “In perfect harmony with President Marsilio, we have joined forces to project Abruzzo onto the scene of major sporting events. The same spirit of collaboration animates this event that the Region is proud to host to talk about the future and innovation of sport”.

Mercury: “Lanciano Fiera is happy and proud to host an event that speaks to a broad, transversal audience, puts sport at the center and shines a spotlight on the role of grassroots football in the country system. My hope, which is also a certainty judging by the great and precious work that the LND is doing, is that Quarto Tempo of 2024 is only the first extraordinary edition of an event that will consolidate over time”.

Paolini: “We are waiting for you in Lanciano for this event which we wanted to embrace immediately and for which we thank the LND for involving us together with the Region. The relationship between sport and territory is a precious value that must be protected and enhanced.”