All the matches of the soccer championships in Italy this weekend will start 5 minutes late in protest against the war in Ukraine.
This was decided - Ansa learns - by the Football Federation.
"Sport is not about politics - said President Gabriele Gravina among other things - but it wants peace".
Italian football takes the field united for peace, the message that the FIGC wants to send "in such a complex moment for international equilibrium, deciding to postpone the kick-off of all the official matches scheduled for the weekend by 5 minutes . Without distinction, professionals and amateurs will unite in a single testimony of peace, sensitizing fans and supporters on respect for human life and on the need to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine ".
"The universal values of sport require us to reflect - the words of the president of Federcalcio Gravina - we do not want to turn the other way. Interpreting a widespread sentiment in Italian public opinion, which also crosses our world,
