Gravina across the board: ‘From Report unfair accusations, the Suarez case towards archiving’

FIGC president Gabriele Gravina, present at the FIFA Museum in Zurich to honor the memory of Paolo Rossi, also spoke about various topics that are at the center of attention.

Report’s allegations

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On Report’s attacks on the FIGC, he says: “Unjust attacks, we know the state of the art, some attacks are based on false data. Justice has its times. That summary is not good, you have to have all the elements. Covisoc Report? The FIGC did not train the parameters. Reference is made to an email from Covisoc dated June 30, with previously approved licenses, by April. The communication also asked not to take into account a state law. The federation respects the laws of our country. The clubs took on a lot of burdens, they didn’t get any help, they lost revenue because they missed 22 million spectators. Despite everything, football has started and with it 12 product sectors, with 1.2 billion in tax revenues. They should have said thank you, the clubs paid all the salaries they could. I do not want to replace the judiciary but it is right to specify. For every euro contributed to our world, 17 times as much has been returned ”.

Suarez case

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On Suarez and why the FIGC Prosecutor did not pronounce: “It is not true that the Prosecutor did not pronounce – explains Gravina -. Suarez was evaluated and a decision was reached. I understand that for the first part of that investigation, with the documents so far transmitted by the Prosecutor’s Office, there have been no elements to proceed: we are moving towards archiving. There is waiting for the second part relating to the managers involved (Paratici, ed): we are waiting for Perugia to deliver this second part of the documents “.

Italy candidate

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Space also on Italy as a candidate for Euro 2028: “We have already expressed interest. On 16 December there will be an executive committee, we expect a hypothesis of scheduling from Uefa. Italy is there. We want to be there and organize this or one of the next big events, a European or a World Cup. We need a big event to activate the infrastructure relaunch and as a test of organizational capacity ”, concluded the FIGC president.