The philosopher of law (Juventus): “I’m against, finance will be worth more than merits But the plan is too far ahead, the founders have the knife on the side of the handle”
PAVIA. He is associate professor of philosophy of law at the Department of Legal Sciences of the State University of Milan, but Corrado del Bo is also a great football fan (and a Juventus fan). On the subject he also wrote “The perfect match” and “1897. Juventus Fc. The stories”, with Massimo Bocchiola, Davide Ferrari and Andrea De Benedetti.
First dry question: for or against the Superalloy?
“Definitely against. For what my opinion is worth I can say that the clubs will have made their assessments, but I don’t care because as a fan I only follow the sporting aspect. And the outcome of a Super League would be to replace a competition that you enter for sporting merit with another that you are a part of only thanks to your financial strength. No evolution, even an involution ».
And it would be like a priori prohibiting an outsider from being part of the international “football that counts” …
“Exactly. It is already difficult now for an outsider to enter the first group stage and overcome it, but at least the theoretical possibility exists. With the Superlega it would disappear, because even the five wild cards would be assigned in a discretionary way on the basis of financial records ».
As if to say that it would never have been possible to witness the “Atalanta miracle” that challenges the great European teams.
“Sure. Atalanta were two minutes away from winning a Champions League semi-final. Here he would be able to get within two minutes of the biggest European competition, never reach it ».
Don’t you think that this Super League is an attempt by the “big players” to anticipate that revision of the Champions League already anticipated by UEFA for the next few years?
«I don’t know, but on paper it seems to me a very operational project. And above all it seems to understand that now the teams have the knife on the side of the handle ».
Have you got an idea of how it will turn out?
“I think they will eventually come to an agreement, because it is difficult to imagine such a radical confrontation. Those who follow basketball tell me that the Euroleague (similar to the football Super League) was experienced well by the fans. I am surprised and in any case even those who are not passionate about the ball in segments hear about the Euroleague and never about the Champions, which still exists ».
As a Juventus fan, are you disappointed by Juventus’ decision to join the Super League?
«Definitely yes, what I said for all the founders applies to Juventus. I think you have to have the courage to accept the risk that a season could also take you out of the main European competition. Otherwise we transfer the sport to an arena where only the rich enter ».
Speaking of Juventus … who is to blame for this disappointing year?
«I think that fish always stinks from above … At the managerial level, for some years now, technical errors have been made regarding purchases and sales. It is clear that when you add other factors to the errors such as an inexperienced coach, players who perform less than expected or the Covid lottery, it is a moment to fall off the precipice ».
Dry answer: do you want Ronaldo next season in Juventus or not?
«Difficult to answer … The point is this: if it is very clear what would be lost in letting Ronaldo go away in terms of goals and technical rate, it is not so clear what would be lost in keeping him. Certainly if his presence blocked the market or if it influenced the team too much, then perhaps it would be worth depriving oneself of it “.
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