Decisions made "after funeral"
FIGC Commissioner Luca Pancalli has warned he won’t make any decision on when the football will resume until after Filippo Raciti’s funeral.
"The suspension of the Championships is a decision that I will not budge from until tomorrow, when along with the Government we have faced the most important questions," said the Federation Chief who ordered the immediate cessation of all football activity in Italy following Friday’s riots.
Catania fans caused the death of 38-year-old Chief Inspector Raciti when they ambushed the security officers and visiting Palermo fans outside the Stadio Massimino.
"Any decision will be delayed until after Sunday’s funeral out of respect for Chief Inspector Raciti and his family."
Pancalli sat down with CONI President Gianni Petrucci in an emergency meeting this morning to discuss how the sport would resume after the tragic events of Friday.
"First of all, we renew our efforts to provide for the children of Chief Inspector Raciti," added Petrucci. "The world of sport has today set out, in an agreement between the CONI and FIGC, a series of rules that will be proposed to the Government on Monday."
He also confirmed that the planned elections for a new Federation President would be postponed, keeping Pancalli in his place. Pancalli was assigned in 2006 after Guido Rossi resigned due to a conflict of interests when he took charge of Telecom Italia.
"If the world of football has been unable to take these steps, then we must do it instead," concluded the CONI chief.
The plans proposed to the Government will be based around four specific points. Firstly, the immediate implementation of a Federal section used only to check and release licences for stadiums.
Second, refusing the licence of 2007-08 for arenas that are not up to code for the Legge Pisanu, forcing the clubs to play in another city or behind closed doors.
Extending the coverage of security to the area around the stadiums, where most of the crowd trouble tends to break out, and interrupting the relationship between directors, Coaches and players with the Ultra'.
The Legge Pisanu was introduced last year and all stadiums were supposed to be up to code before starting this season, but to date only four arenas fit the bill – the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan, Rome’s Stadio Olimpico, the Stadio Barbera in Palermo and the Stadio Olimpico in Turin.
Source: C4 Football Italia
"The suspension of the Championships is a decision that I will not budge from until tomorrow, when along with the Government we have faced the most important questions," said the Federation Chief who ordered the immediate cessation of all football activity in Italy following Friday’s riots.
Catania fans caused the death of 38-year-old Chief Inspector Raciti when they ambushed the security officers and visiting Palermo fans outside the Stadio Massimino.
"Any decision will be delayed until after Sunday’s funeral out of respect for Chief Inspector Raciti and his family."
Pancalli sat down with CONI President Gianni Petrucci in an emergency meeting this morning to discuss how the sport would resume after the tragic events of Friday.
"First of all, we renew our efforts to provide for the children of Chief Inspector Raciti," added Petrucci. "The world of sport has today set out, in an agreement between the CONI and FIGC, a series of rules that will be proposed to the Government on Monday."
He also confirmed that the planned elections for a new Federation President would be postponed, keeping Pancalli in his place. Pancalli was assigned in 2006 after Guido Rossi resigned due to a conflict of interests when he took charge of Telecom Italia.
"If the world of football has been unable to take these steps, then we must do it instead," concluded the CONI chief.
The plans proposed to the Government will be based around four specific points. Firstly, the immediate implementation of a Federal section used only to check and release licences for stadiums.
Second, refusing the licence of 2007-08 for arenas that are not up to code for the Legge Pisanu, forcing the clubs to play in another city or behind closed doors.
Extending the coverage of security to the area around the stadiums, where most of the crowd trouble tends to break out, and interrupting the relationship between directors, Coaches and players with the Ultra'.
The Legge Pisanu was introduced last year and all stadiums were supposed to be up to code before starting this season, but to date only four arenas fit the bill – the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan, Rome’s Stadio Olimpico, the Stadio Barbera in Palermo and the Stadio Olimpico in Turin.
Source: C4 Football Italia
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