Speaking during the usual appointment with L’Editoriale on the frequencies of TMW Radio, the director Xavier Jacobelli he showed himself to be particularly opposed to the latest proposal of Minister Abodito which a provocation was also launched.
What do you think of Minister Abodi’s government authority’s proposal?
“Fundamental premise, in recent years the Covisoc controls have not been so rigid given the chain failures that have been seen in recent seasons. However, it is neither in heaven nor on earth that a government authority controls the development of sport and CONI president Malagò rightly recalls what happened in 2021 when there was a risk of going to Tokyo without an anthem and without medals. It must be remembered that UEFA, FIFA and IOC do not live on Mars and are not very careful to control and evaluate the autonomy of world sport. It is clear that a government authority that establishes who can or cannot participate in a competition takes away this autonomy. It’s one thing to ask for more rigid and severe controls from Covisoc, but let’s say for example that the government agency goes into operation and denies a license to a company that doesn’t have its books in order. If UEFA instead grants the license to this club, what does Italian football do? Are you leaving UEFA? In addition to this, there is also a question of political control that would intervene in sport. When Malagò talks about a possible international fool he is right. Is it possible that no one is notified of this provision, but that the president of CONI or FIGC is informed only by news appearing in the newspapers? Now the Minister talks about dialogue, but it is also a question of respect for CONI itself. It’s easy to celebrate medals and successes, but respect is needed. In March Abodi said for the stadiums that a commissioner was needed to speed up the procedures for the construction of the stadiums. Two months have already passed, has anyone seen the commissioner? Why talk about these things, Commisso said that 100 million are missing to renovate the Franchi and Fiorentina still doesn’t know what will happen for the next two years. What if the work is not completed? We would really like the authorities to talk about this. Italy, we remember, will organize the European Championship 2032 with Turkey. By October 2026 it must indicate to UEFA five UEFA five-star approved stadiums, Turkey to date has eight approved stadiums, Italy zero. Do we want to talk about this?”
