The president of the FIGC Gabriele Gravinaguest of The Sports Sheet, spoke about the current affairs of Italian football, especially in terms of reforms. However, the Milanese event was also the right context to remove a few pebbles from the shoe towards the president of Lazio Claudio Lotito:
“First of all, I would be careful to manage the federation-league dispute, I have an excellent relationship with many League presidents. If we bring to a personal level some forms of resentment from individuals who think they will continue to manage the world of football, there is little I can do about it: I have a bad character, I’m not available to take steps back on some issues. If I talk about Lotito? Yes and who is accompanying the process of Lotitism in Italy. I believe that the Italian federation is among the most important in the world, we are the only ones in the world to have the experimental Paralympic division”, explained Gravina.
The reply was ready, a few hours later, from the Biancoceleste number one: “Pure hostility and broken resentment towards me”, Lotito told Ansa. The Lazio president then continued: “I read with amazement Mr. Gravina’s statements about me – this is the full text of the note – which speak for themselves: clear manifestations of pure hostility and broken resentment towards me, in order to to defend himself from the responsibilities regarding the current state of football in Italy that everyone attributes to him. His personal relationships with some presidents do not exclude the discomfort and confusion that today reigns in the football system, shared by all the operators who seek, despite the obstacles posed. by Mr. Gravina, to renew the rules. My position – continues Lotito – as club owner, federal councilor, League councilor and member of the Senate, roles also acquired with regular and democratic elections, allows me to have a broader vision and complete with the problems and possible solutions to eliminate the faults produced, the football world does not ask for isolation, but requires a broad vision of its various components, to which my institutional roles, given the important and high value of football, I they give the possibility of offering an effective contribution, taking him out of an autonomy, mistakenly understood as a “personal grand duchy”.
