The Serie B chaos took another twist, as the CONI and FIGC are battling not just over how many clubs are in the division, but also who gets to decide and when.
The situation is degenerating day by day, with this afternoon the Lazio Regional TAR tribunal reversing its previous decision to allow appeals from Pro Vercelli and Ternana to stand.
The Serie B chaos took another twist, as the CONI and FIGC are battling not just over how many clubs are in the division, but also who gets to decide and when.
The situation is degenerating day by day, with this afternoon the Lazio Regional TAR tribunal reversing its previous decision to allow appeals from Pro Vercelli and Ternana to stand.
However, the CONI Presidente del Collegio di Garanzia Franco Frattini seems utterly determined to stop Serie B and consequently Serie C from going ahead by taking out another appeal this evening.
The CONI insist on postponing any decision to September 28, which would effectively halt the Serie B fixtures until that date.
The second division has been in crisis all summer, as Avellino, Bari and Cesena all went bankrupt and couldn’t register for the new season.
Rather than replacing them, FIGC commissioner Roberto Fabbricini passed a decree to allow the season to start with only 19 teams.
After an appeal was thrown out, the season started with one side getting a rest day in each round.
Now the CONI (Italian Olympic Committee) and FIGC (Italian Football Federation) are locked in a row over who gets to decide if there are 19 or 22 teams in Serie B – all this when the season has already started.
The CONI tried to block the Serie B games, the Lega Serie B and FIGC insisted that was not the case.