“This national team was the triumph of mediocrity but that of 2016, led by Conte, was even inferior”, says Ordine
Speaking in the columns of Il Giornale, Franco Ordine commented on Italy’s debacle at the European Championships as follows:
“There were many empty chairs yesterday in the conference of Gravina, number one in football, and therefore responsible for the blue disaster in Berlin. He is not the only one. The presidents of the two leagues were missing. Balata, president of the B, a few days ago he has erected fragile barriers to prevent the arrival of the second Serie A teams in his tournament, taking inspiration from the presence of the 3 under 23s of Juve, Milan and Atalanta in the Lega-pro which is the only way to develop the talents of the teams spring whose leap into Serie A would be impossible. Try to defend the Serie B clubs which have 300 spectators per match. Casini, Lega A, has just asked to liberalize the membership of non-EU citizens and has backed down in demanding the reduction of staff. (from 20 to 18 teams) claimed by the big 4 (Juve, Inter, Milan and Roma). The other objective is to obtain the same autonomy achieved by the Premier League without wondering why the English national team has been absent from the success scoreboard for some time. world. It is the confirmation of their short-sighted selfishness combined with the desire to send Gravina home.
Among the empty seats there were also those occupied by sports directors, agents and relatives of Italian footballers who have a disproportionate quotation compared to their foreign peers. For an English or French Calafiori would they ask what Bologna asks? For Camarda, a young Milanese talent of 16 and a half years, the first salary figure was 1 million euros, then reduced to 800 thousand due to Ibra’s opposition. None of “their lords” – a definition dear to Fortebraccio italics of the first Unità – had the courage to explain their share of responsibility. Last two notes: 1) this National team was the triumph of mediocrity but the 2016 one, led by Conte was even inferior (Eder and Pellè, in attack, Florenzi and De Sciglio fifth). The difference, at times, is also dug by the temperament of the coach; 2) Akanji, Ndoye, Vargas, Embolo, Duah and Xhaka are all Swiss with foreign parents. The world has changed but few people around here have noticed
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