Republica: Without Milan and Juve, the Saudis are not interested. Not everyone fits into locker rooms. The reasons for training leave something to be desired
Mg Napoli 04/02/2023 – Italian Football League Championship / Napoli-Milan / Photo by Matteo Gribaudi / Image Sport In the photo: Aurelio De Laurentiis
Super Cup without Milan and Juventus The Arabs are not interested: Italy has stadiums with small changing rooms
Repubblica writes with Maurizio Crosetti:
Super cup of hypocrisy. Clubs are discovering that it is absurd to play in Arabia, but the prize pool of 23 million euros (7 for the winning team) remains an excellent argument. Today the matter will be discussed again in the League Assembly, where Napoli could propose the provocative break: playing only the final of the new quadrilateral formula (Napoli, Inter, Lazio and Fiorentina) in Riyadh. But the contract was cleared and the Arabs bought the semi-finals and the final, this year and then three more times in the next five.
It’s also a worrying Super Cup: the semi-finals (Napoli v Fiorentina on January 18, Inter Lazio on 19) will be played in a 16,000-capacity stadium, the Estadio Al-Shabab, where there are no fans. Even any dressing rooms can accommodate everyone, while the final match on January 22 will be held at the King Saud University Stadium (25,000 spectators), which is the Al-Nasr Stadium led by Cristiano Ronaldo (the largest in Riyadh, the King Fahd Stadium, which has a capacity of 60,000 spectators). . is reset). If CR7 is waiting for a new home, Italian players can wait too.
The intense anger thus becomes a kind of intense envy towards the La Liga clubs, who will instead have a larger (or smaller) stadium for all three matches. Even their Super Cup was bought with the money of the Super Princes, who were disappointed by Juventus’ absence And Milan among Italians. It also appears that demand for tickets has slowed significantly. The four Italians, who aren’t even all Serie A champions, or at least with some missing pieces, don’t spark a general craze now used only for superheroes, or what’s left of them.
Site previewed in Jeddah in November amid De Laurentiis’ skepticism
As reported in today’s edition of Il Corriere dello Sport, as of November 12, the start of the break for the national teams, every day will be a good day to organize a trip to Saudi Arabia to make… Visit Jeddahhome of the first edition of Italian Super Cup With formula The last four. This time with the managers of the four teams that will participate in the tournament, Fiorentina, Inter, Lazio H Naples. This should be the final step in formalizing the Super Cup calendar, which the league has yet to officially announce, planning to do so by mid-November.
After the rumors that have spread in recent weeks, it seems that Naples alone, in the person of President Aurelio De Laurentiis, is opposed to making the trip to the Middle East, due to the risks that such a trip in this historical period entails for the safety of Italians. The teams and all employees who will travel to Jeddah during the Super Cup. Inter, Fiorentina and Lazio support this. There is a rich contract to be honored that guarantees €23 million to be divided between the participants.
The inspection will be used to select hotels, check and confirm the condition of the stadiums and sports centers where the training sessions will be held, and to conclude the January expedition, which is the month chosen to start the tournament, provisionally as we mentioned, in January. 21st place with the first semi-final between Fiorentina and Napoli. The next day, the second match will be held between Lazio and Inter. While the final is scheduled to be held on January 25, the loser will immediately return to Italy, but with the promise of organizing a friendly match on Saudi soil in the near future.
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