The Italian Footballers’ Association raises its voice. Through an official note, the AIC lodged an appeal against the FIFA calendar and the too many international matches scheduled. This is the note: “In a legal appeal coordinated by Fifpro Europe, the English footballers’ union and the French players’ union have initiated legal action against FIFA, challenging the legitimacy of the decisions to unilaterally set the calendar of international matches and , in particular, the decision to create and schedule the 2025 Fifa Club World Cup.”
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And again: “The players’ unions believe that this decision violates the rights of the players and their unions enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and competition law. The players and their unions have consistently highlighted that the current football calendar It is overloaded and impractical.” Umberto Calcagno, the president of the Footballers’ Association, spoke thus about this decision: “For years the Aic, together with Fifpro, has been carrying out a battle against exasperated competitive activity. The top players, involved with the clubs in national and international competitions, they play up to 70 matches a year, traveling more than 90 thousand kilometres. It is clear that we cannot imagine continuing at this pace.”
