Calcio reaches compromise?
The crisis talks between Government and football authorities have concluded and the season is set to resume this weekend, but only in stadiums that are up to code.
"There was a climate of great collaboration," explained FIGC Extraordinary Commissioner Luca Pancalli.
"We will decide when to get back on to the pitch after tomorrow’s Government meeting and on Thursday the security forces will tell us which stadiums can re-open."
The get-together saw Interior Minister Giuliano Amato, Sport Minister Giovanna Melandri, Vice-Minister for Sport Marco Minniti and Police Chief Gianni De Gennaro discuss the situation with FIGC Commissioner Pancalli, Vice-Commissioner Gigi Riva, Lega Calcio President Antonio Matarrese, Vice-President Rosella Sensi and Serie C Lega President Mario Macalli.
"I wouldn’t talk about this as a victory just yet, but the air is changing in our direction," smiled Matarrese, who had pushed strongly for the season to begin again this weekend.
The meeting concluded at around 21.00 local time with all parties seeming confident that the season would resume within the next few days.
However, there remains a warning from the Minister for Sport on what conditions the football will be allowed to continue.
"The stadiums that do not fit the standards set out by the Legge Pisanu will not be used," noted Melandri.
That suggests the games set in arenas that have not yet passed the tests for CCTV networks, turnstiles, electronic ticketing and a pre-filtering area will be played behind closed doors.
It would be a heavy blow to Serie A, where only four stadiums currently fit the bill – the Olimpico in Rome, Palermo’s Renzo Barbera, the Artemio Franchi in Siena and Olimpico in Turin.
Cagliari, Empoli, Messina, Parma, Reggio Calabria and Genoa are almost completed and may be granted a temporary court order to allow fans into some or all sections.
Milan, Livorno and Florence are further back in the work needed to qualify under the Legge Pisanu.
All other stadiums in Serie A will not be allowed to let fans in for the foreseeable future, including Udine, Catania and Bergamo.
"We have all of a sudden been told that we don’t have the authority to play in our stadium," snapped Atalanta President Ivan Ruggeri.
"It seems a bizarre situation, because we still don’t know if it’s the club or the local council who must pay for this restructuring work. If there are no fans or the order to play behind closed doors, we simply won’t go ahead."
Source: C4 Football Italia
"There was a climate of great collaboration," explained FIGC Extraordinary Commissioner Luca Pancalli.
"We will decide when to get back on to the pitch after tomorrow’s Government meeting and on Thursday the security forces will tell us which stadiums can re-open."
The get-together saw Interior Minister Giuliano Amato, Sport Minister Giovanna Melandri, Vice-Minister for Sport Marco Minniti and Police Chief Gianni De Gennaro discuss the situation with FIGC Commissioner Pancalli, Vice-Commissioner Gigi Riva, Lega Calcio President Antonio Matarrese, Vice-President Rosella Sensi and Serie C Lega President Mario Macalli.
"I wouldn’t talk about this as a victory just yet, but the air is changing in our direction," smiled Matarrese, who had pushed strongly for the season to begin again this weekend.
The meeting concluded at around 21.00 local time with all parties seeming confident that the season would resume within the next few days.
However, there remains a warning from the Minister for Sport on what conditions the football will be allowed to continue.
"The stadiums that do not fit the standards set out by the Legge Pisanu will not be used," noted Melandri.
That suggests the games set in arenas that have not yet passed the tests for CCTV networks, turnstiles, electronic ticketing and a pre-filtering area will be played behind closed doors.
It would be a heavy blow to Serie A, where only four stadiums currently fit the bill – the Olimpico in Rome, Palermo’s Renzo Barbera, the Artemio Franchi in Siena and Olimpico in Turin.
Cagliari, Empoli, Messina, Parma, Reggio Calabria and Genoa are almost completed and may be granted a temporary court order to allow fans into some or all sections.
Milan, Livorno and Florence are further back in the work needed to qualify under the Legge Pisanu.
All other stadiums in Serie A will not be allowed to let fans in for the foreseeable future, including Udine, Catania and Bergamo.
"We have all of a sudden been told that we don’t have the authority to play in our stadium," snapped Atalanta President Ivan Ruggeri.
"It seems a bizarre situation, because we still don’t know if it’s the club or the local council who must pay for this restructuring work. If there are no fans or the order to play behind closed doors, we simply won’t go ahead."
Source: C4 Football Italia
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