Who knows, perhaps Lega president Mauro Balata is ultimately happy that Palermo remained in Serie B. If you look at the list of teams that will be involved in the next championship, it is hard to think of a championship that is not of the first order given the level of the next participants. And in the meantime Balata is enjoying the numbers of a season that was triumphal for his League.
Here are some numbers in the press release from the League of B. “Average goals the highest in the last five years (2.52), the lowest number (37%) of home victories in the five main European championships, great uncertainty and never predictable results. Mauro Balata enjoys the record figures of this championship and the success of the post season which brought a huge audience to the stands.”
“With the Penzo sold out at the last game – said the president of the League B to Sky And Dazn before the playoff final – there were over 184 thousand spectators in the stadiums in ten matches, three of which exceeded 30 thousand. We are recording an amazing audience throughout the sporting season. This means that the BKT series He has consolidated this growth path for two or three years.”
“This is a source of pride and satisfaction – continued Balata – it is the result of extraordinary work, of a policy pursued by all clubs, just think that we are the reference championship in Europe for our ability to be unpredictable and fun, in terms of the number of young people present in the matches and also in terms of the number of Italian presences, this year many teams entered the field with eleven Italians out of eleven, this is significant“.
To those who asked him which young man he preferred, Balasta replied that “There are so many, I would be doing someone an injustice if I only mentioned one or two. The Under 21 team has called up twelve players who have established themselves in Serie B. This guarantees a bright future, if we continue to follow this policy, for all of Italian football“.
