"I don't like to say it, but I have to do it out loud: football deserves respect,
we need to plan things through dialogue": this is how the president of the Serie A League Paolo Dal Pino, on Radio DeeJay, commented on the mini-opening of sporting events at public decided yesterday, underlining that they were not heard by the ministry of sport led by Vincenzo Spadafora "In July we did a 300-page study with the best consultants in circulation on how to reopen the stadiums in total safety, no one ever called us even for address this issue, "said Dal Pino.
"The CTS makes enormous efforts to take care of the country, we are grateful to them for what they are doing. But with respect to our sport ministry, dialogue is not what it should be".
"Football - added Dal Pino to the microphones of Radio DeeJay - represents one of the largest Italian industries, with a large tax and social security revenue, employs 300 thousand people directly and indirectly, and represents an important social phenomenon. I'm sorry to say this. , but I have to say it out loud, there is a need for respect. On our part there is a movement that has little attention. "
Shortly before, answering another question, the president of the Serie A League also stressed that "we have not been heard and we have not had any role in the sport reform law".
"Now - continued Dal Pino, returning to the theme of opening stadiums to the public - the country is trying to restart, schools are open, something is moving on trips, companies work normally. last assembly: why do you queue up on the subway to enter, and so at school, in buses, in companies and why instead in the stadium there cannot be a person sitting with five empty seats around? why? what is the problem in a stadium of 40, 50, 70 thousand people? We just have to sit down and plan. We hope that the CTS pays attention to this issue, because this is an industry that if it does not have attention from the ministry that should govern it, risks going into great difficulty and endanger many jobs. "
Spadafora's reply:
"I read with amazement Dal Pino's statements on the lack of dialogue between the government and the world of football", said the Spor minister.
"The attention has been constant and the solutions found to complete the last championship and start on time what begins today have been shared", continues Spadafora, adding: "I will be pleased to receive President Dal Pino in the coming days".
"We have ensured a continuous and daily support activity - continues the note from Minister Spadafora -: just to mention some of the things, last Monday's hearing at the Technical Scientific Committee, requested by me following the rejection of the protocol for the reopening of stadiums, which was by no means ignored as Dal Pino claims, also had as its object the protocols for reducing the frequency of tampons, on which the CTS discussed again yesterday and on which we are awaiting decisions. the corridor for foreign athletes who can therefore derogate from the quarantine and without which the championships would not have restarted, and the many individual reports that we have received from many clubs and that we have helped to solve, from the matches up to the protocols for the reopening of all amateur football as well as the great result obtained by the opening of the CTS regarding the opening of the stadiums starting from ot
tobre ".
"A few days ago - continues Spadafora - the FIGC president was received by the Prime Minister, and following the meeting at Palazzo Chigi, the common will was confirmed to gradually reopen the stadiums starting from October, pending the analysis of curves after the reopening of the schools. The DPCM in force since early August and renewed in September allows the presidents of the Regions some margins of intervention, and some have decided to open the stadiums in their territories, following the established rules. president Dal Pino in the coming days - the conclusion -: the resumption of the championship is good news for all fans and sportsmen, including myself. I hope for an exciting sport season and I wish you all good luck. teams involved ".