Ezio Simonelli, President of the Serie A Leagueclarified its decision regarding the management of Atalanta-Lecce calendar. The number one of the top Italian championship made their debut as follows: “I thought that the Serie A League is not an abstract entity, but an organization made by men. As a man I express my closeness and my participation in the family first and foremost and everyone in Lecce: the team, management and fans. As president of the League I feel compelled to explain the reasons for the choice”.
In the long speech, the choice of the date for recovery was explained in detail: “A different date to move the Atalanta-Lecce game, I remember that the agreement of both clubs is needed, it would not have protected the regularity of a championship that sees some teams fighting for salvation and others for excellent goals such as access to the different European cups. The regularity of the competition is guaranteed by exploiting the first useful window, and the first useful day was Sunday, moving the game of a few days. At least on Wednesday 30, causing the need to postpone Lecce-Napoli, scheduled for Saturday 3, with a joint impossible to manage. They are over 1000 km away. Making decisions, sometimes very difficult, is different to give advice, the choices and responsibilities are of those who then have to decide. Regarding the pressures of other companies I can assure you that there have been no “.