Coni, Malagò: “Close to Ius soli sport. I want to know nothing about politics …”

After the meeting of the national council in Perugia, the president of Coni Giovanni Malagò, underlined that “a proposal has been defined that will be presented shortly on sporting ius soli. This is an initiative that concerns only sport and I want to know nothing. of politics and is supported by many federations that are in difficulty and have already lost athletes that we have raised in the youth national teams, also investing money and now they are with the national teams of other nations. We hope that this legislature, of which we know the times well , is able to implement this provision “.

The current version

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In Italy, the “ius soli sport”, or rather the possibility that young foreigners participate in competitions for Italian teams, already exists, but is subject to a series of limitations concerning in particular the calling up for major national selections. He announced that at the Mediterranean Games in Oran (Algeria from 25 June to 6 July) the standard-bearers of the team with 380 athletes will be the karateka Luigi Busà, gold in Tokyo 2020, and Diana Bacosi, gold in skeet in Rio 2016. He then demonstrated happiness for the progress of the constitutional bill to include the value of Sport among those recognized by the Constitution and we are delighted that the country is ready to formally recognize sport, which represents a cornerstone for society from the top of values that it promotes and its meanings. Urged by journalists, he then spoke of the defeat of the Italian national team last night. Saying that “the result of 5-2 in favor of Germany speaks for itself, but in sport, even when things are very negative, or you have the possibility to make up for it or paradoxically you have already made up for it. Yesterday I called Paolo Nicolato who he qualified with the Italy Under 21 by winning with Ireland 4-1 in a convincing way and I would like to remind you that this is the Olympic team, and as you know, football has not gone to the Olympics for many years and this leaves us very hopeful. So on the day when football gave us a decidedly negative performance we are instead very, very happy with the Under 21 “.

Trust in Mancini

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He said that “when you face a team like Germany you put many young players and rookies on the field, what happened can happen. But coach Roberto Mancini is the most suitable person of all at the moment on the bench, even if he has to make a virtue of necessity. What happened to him in an almost miraculous way with the European Championship, then we know how it went with the qualification for the World Cup, but this is also sport “.