Only three days late on the initial playoff schedule. This is the important result obtained by Lega Pro Matteo Marani after an intense day of phone calls and negotiations based on common sense. The direct line between the headquarters of the Lega Pro in Florence and that of the Coni in Rome, opened yesterday morning at 12.30 to settle the timing of the Taranto case and decide on the possible postponement of the playoffs, gave its final response only shortly before 5.30 pm .
Not at all resigned to extending the time of the post season by a week or even ten days, in fact, the president Matteo Marani went to put pressure on his colleague from CONI, Giovanni Malagòand its secretariat.
An almost desperate action because, based on the previous calendar of discussions of the appeals forwarded to the Board of Guarantee, of the 4 points back requested by Taranto (but in reality the legal action is aimed at obtaining a maximum of two) it had been scheduled for May 9th. Too long a time which would have generated controversy and undermined the regularity of the championship.
In the end, common sense prevailed Cones which guaranteed the issuing of the verdict by May 3rd also thanks to the collaboration of the Ionian club: the Taranto has waived the defense deadlines provided for by the Code; the FIGC shortened those to file the defense statement. Hence the formulation of the new calendar which essentially postponed almost all the previous dates by three days. The start of the first round of the group stage, therefore, instead of May 4th will start on the 7th with the second postponed to Saturday 11th May.
Consequently, the national phase will move through the first round to May 14th with the first leg matches and the return matches on the 18th.
Three days later, with the launch of the second national phase, in which Avellino, Padova and Torres will enter the scene, the classic quarter-finals will begin with the return matches set for Saturday 25 May. As a result, the semi-finals and finals have undergone only a partial change with the first scheduled for May 28th and June 2nd, while the two final acts will be held on June 5th and 9th. The concomitance of the second leg final with the European elections has therefore also been confirmed. Despite having preferred to leave the calendar unchanged, the postponement of just three days was ultimately greeted with a sigh of relief especially by clubs such asAvellino who will have to wait over three weeks to enter the scene. Hence the need, as confirmed by the coach and management staff, to initiate a series of contacts with teams such as Turris and Cavese, for example, to set up a series of friendly matches.
Tomorrow, with the team returning to work, planning will be addressed in detail also because, unlike Benevento And Casertana, the second place of the Wolves is to be considered armored. Although Taranto asked the CONI Board of Guarantee for the return of the 4 points, in fact, the Ionian club’s lawyers themselves admitted that they were aiming at maximum to obtain two points.
«The changed orientation of jurisprudence compared to the past since the non-compliance sanctions for Irpef and INPS, in the specific case of Taranto – commented the lawyer Eduardo Chiacchio – were considered autonomous and not homogeneous. Consequently, if the Court of Appeal had followed the criterion of homogeneity, the two points would have been returned. Since they are principles of law and not of merit, the Board of Guarantee is now competent in the matter.”
Consequently, in light of the ranking crystallized in the 38th round, the team of Eziolino Capuano with two points returned they would jump to 67, displacing Benevento from third place, while with just one point the Ionic players would reach the Samnites on 66 but would be fourth, only overtaking Casertana (unfavorable direct clash with Benevento).
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