Lega Serie A President Ezio Simonelli warns politicians can ‘proceed turning the opposite method, or flip this deep disaster into a possibility to revitalise’ soccer in Italy.
The Nazionale didn’t qualify for 3 consecutive editions of the World Cup, and don’t have any golf equipment within the semi-finals of the UEFA tournaments this season.
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With the search on for a brand new FIGC President and reforms proposed, Lega Serie A President Simonelli introduced the case to the Fee for Tradition.
Serie A pushing for brand spanking new stadiums
MILAN, ITALY – APRIL 21: A common view of the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium San Siro forward of the Coppa Italia match between and at San Siro on April 21, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
“If we’re right here right now, it’s not simply because we missed two penalties within the shoot-out with Bosnia, and we should work laborious to deliver Italian soccer again to the glories of the previous,”
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“The evaluation of the state of our soccer can not assist however begin from the truth that, for the highest 5 European leagues, TV rights cash has stagnated, however the income from stadiums has climbed considerably.
“Our Serie A stadiums are the oldest in Europe, and evaluating the income of the brand new Bernabeu with the present San Siro, which is right now one of the best performing Italian stadium relating to earnings, it’s a spot of 350 per cent. ’s new stadium brings in €250m in comparison with San Siro’s €70m.”
BERGAMO, ITALY – APRIL 11: Common view exterior the stadium previous to the Serie A match between and at Gewiss Stadium on April 11, 2026 in Bergamo, Italy. (Picture by Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Photos)
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It’s no secret the place the issues lie there, as golf equipment have battled for many years to get new stadiums constructed, just for Inter, Milan, Roma, , , , and Venezia to run into infinite pink tape.
Of those that did handle to get stadiums revamped, corresponding to Juventus, Atalanta and , it was by reconstructing present arenas.
and Italy co-hosting with Turkiye, it’s going to be a race in opposition to time to get 5 stadiums prepared for the competitors.
“Politics can proceed to show the opposite method, attempting to impose much more restrictive and penalising guidelines, even pondering of placing the Federation below receivership,” continued Simonelli.
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“Or it may flip this deep disaster into a possibility to revitalise soccer in Italy. I consider we are able to emerge from this disaster provided that politics and Serie A are capable of sit on the identical facet of the desk and work collectively, with out political variations or reciprocal prejudice stopping us from doing what’s greatest for Italian soccer.
“I’ve an excessive amount of respect for Italian politicians to consider they don’t seem to be all for giving their contribution to Italy’s favorite sport.”