The Italian Super Cup 2024 will officially kick off today and the leaders of the Lega Serie A sincerely hope that the field takes away the controversies of the last few months which even yesterday, on the eve of this evening’s match between Napoli and Fiorentina (kick-off at 8pm Italian time at Al-Awwal Park in Riyadh with live broadcast on Italia 1) once again resounded in the CEO’s ears Luigi De Siervo and the Italian journalists present in Saudi Arabia. No, this time they were not the intimates of Aurelio De Laurentiis, who once he arrived in Ryiad forgot the Italian outbursts of anger by taking on the role of the sheik, nor those of Maurizio Sarri (expected today at the press conference), but rather the veiled protests of who, even today, is trying to sell Italian products to the Arab people.
“WE WANTED MILAN AND JUVE” – As reported by Repubblica, even yesterday, on the eve of the first semi-final, the Saudi population, including journalists and fans present, asked their Italian colleagues why two teams like Fiorentina and Lazio had been sent to Riyadh “instead of Juventus and Milan”. It then fell to the CEO of Serie A, Luigi De Siervo, to explain in a press conference that this is the formula for the Super Cup, then ensuring that this evening’s match “between Napoli and Fiorentina will be a beautiful match”.
IT IS WORTH MORE THAN THE ITALIAN CUP – A tournament that, all things considered, dissatisfies almost everyone. Almost, because the accounts are what will make everyone smile in the end. Whoever wins the cup will receive 8 million euros, the second qualified will earn 5 million and even the two defeated semi-finalists will have a benefit of 1.5 million euros. The rest of the income from the 24 million euro agreement will be shared between Lega Calcio and all the other clubs. Essentially, with only 3 games to play, this competition will earn Italian clubs more than the entire Italian Cup. And peace if the Italian fans will remain dissatisfied as always (not facilitated in the away games and very few are expected in Riyadh). Even in the next few years, even in the two editions of the next 6 not scheduled in Arabia (this by contract) Serie A will continue to export this competition far from our borders.
2024-01-18 09:00:00
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