It is possible that Friuli has 6,000 spectators for Udinese-Samp. But the League splits on the funds: the resignation of Dal Pino is requested
UDINE. There is a concrete opening: Serie A could reopen to the public in the last two or three days of the championship and for the very final of the Italian Cup. Word of the president (that of the FIGC) after the meeting with the Government. It was the only topic on which the Serie A clubs agreed last Tuesday during the last meeting, as explained by the vice president of Udinese, Stefano Campoccia, the Pozzo envoy in an increasingly divided league, given that after the TV rights issue (assigned to Dazn), there are less convergences on the entry of funds, willing to take over 10 percent of the “media company” for 1.7 billion euros. So much so that now seven companies are asking for the resignation of president Paolo Dal Pino.
«The appointment of 11 June has created hope and opportunities. I believe there is a good chance of a generalized reopening. Before the European Championship. The Italian Cup is one of the many hypotheses together with other events that take place before June ». Here is the opening to review the audience in the stands of Serie A before the end of the championship. These are the words of the federal president Gabriele Gravina after the meeting yesterday with the undersecretary for sport, Valentina Vezzali. Now hypotheses about dates and numbers will be unleashed. Going to nose, the stadiums could reopen from the midweek round of May 12 (Napoli-Udinese), the third to last round of the tournament, in view of the arrival banner set for May 23 (Inter-Udinese), in the middle, Wednesday 19, there would be the Coppa Italia final between Juventus and Atalanta at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia. In a nutshell for the Juventus fans there is the hope of seeing only one match, the one with Sampdoria on Sunday 16. It is difficult, however, that there can be many. The 25% of the capacity valid for the Olimpico during the next European Championships now seems a bar set too high, even if within the League the clubs are pushing to get (at least) there. For the Friuli stadium it would mean opening the gates to 6,283 spectators, a quarter of the capacity of 25,132 seats. And while waiting for this go-ahead, the clubs are asking to restart with the matches with a thousand fans in the stands by invitation, as was the case last October for a few days.
Then the clubs will divide again. “It is difficult to imagine that Serie A will vote in favor of the project without Juventus and Inter,” explained Campoccia, speaking with an interview on the English portal “Off the pitch”. Udinese in the moment of the choice between Dazn and Sky opted immediately for the platform streaming based in London, but has now left the “team” of the seven leading companies, to take a position that is all in all favorable to the entry of the CVC-Advent-Fsi funds. On the plate 10% of the “media company” in exchange for 1.7 billion, arithmetically 85 million per company, but it seems clear that even on this topic the comparison could be harsh, with the discriminant of the catchment areas that will be put on the big club table.
But not all the big names are there, as mentioned: Juventus and Inter, accompanied by Atalanta, Fiorentina, Lazio, Naples and Verona do not want to hear about it, so much so that yesterday they would have triggered the counter-move, in the form of a formal request for resignation against of the number one of the League, Dal Pino. The fund man, according to what has been said since his inauguration, January 8, 2020. Not only that: a second letter from the same seven clubs would be ready which would highlight a series of complaints for a complaint of mismanagement of the League under the his presidency. –