Serie A golf equipment voted to maintain the variety of golf equipment within the Italian high division at 20, the league stated on Monday after their shareholders’ assembly in Milan.
Solely 4 golf equipment voted in favour of a discount to 18 golf equipment in Serie A — Juventus, Inter Milan, AC Milan and AS Roma — and the variety of golf equipment will stay at 20, because it has been for the reason that 2004-05 season.
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The highest golf equipment had pushed for the discount in an effort to scale back the variety of video games performed and enhance the standard of soccer on provide however wanted a majority of 14 as a way to cross the reform.
The try by Juve, Milan, Inter and Roma to scale back the league measurement was criticised by administrators from different groups.
“I feel the perspective of [the clubs in question] was mistaken,” Urbino Cairo, Torino president, stated to reporters after the assembly. “I’d say what they wished to do appeared like an excellent league.”
Milan president Paolo Scaroni made the case for decreasing the variety of groups to reporters previous to the assembly and vote.
“In actuality, golf equipment like us who play worldwide competitions and who’ve many gamers known as up by the nationwide groups complain about too many matches,” Scaroni stated.
“The gamers play the continental tournaments, their nationwide group matches, the Italian Cup and the league. All this results in a load of matches that turns into insufferable and which is the reason for many accidents.
“We have now already had 18 groups within the league earlier than. In reality I additionally bear in mind it at 16.”
A proposal for reforms was additionally permitted which can be introduced on the Extraordinary Normal Meeting of the Italian soccer federation (FIGC) in March.
The Italian league is pushing for extra autonomy from the FIGC, much like the Premier League in England.
“At the moment, the system doesn’t give Serie A the autonomy and decision-making weight it ought to have with respect to financial weight,” Serie A president Lorenzo Casini stated after a gathering of Serie A golf equipment final week.
Milan’s Scaroni added to the league president’s message on Monday.
“We in Serie A, who finance your complete sport of Italian soccer, have 12% of the ability throughout the Federation, which creates an limitless cycle of frustration,” he stated.