Galliani against the commission established by Malagò, the FIGC against Galliani, the referee 'defeated' against the newly elected Aia president, Francesco Massini. It's a free-for-all that disturbs the world of football itself at the moment, in the Football Federation. And which gathers clouds over the date of the new presidential elections, set for December 14th: the risk of a postponement is not so remote.
The appeal of Adriano Galliani, one of the two 'in pectore' candidates, arrived last night to reignite the controversy and procedural disputes. Today the FIGC made it known that it will appear in court, opposing the theory of the former AC Milan CEO. The national federal court will decide (on the merits: the request for suspension was rejected) on Friday, in a collegial session. At the center of the appeal is the establishment by Commissioner Malagò, who is also a candidate, of a commission to examine the candidatures: among other things, it will be called upon - claims Galliani - to evaluate the legitimacy of Genoa's signing for Malagò, after a previous 'affidavit' to Galliani himself and subsequent PEC of revocation.
By Saturday, the general secretary Brunelli must sign the document that validates or rejects the candidatures. The Football Federation points out that the commission has no decision-making power, but only a supporting investigative function (the collection of documents, the 'vulnus' of the first vote that led to the commissioner), and that therefore Brunelli can proceed regardless of the Tfn's decision. Galliani will be able to appeal against Genoa's signature (without which Malagò would not have the quorum to run) only if and when his candidacy is validated, and within seven days from that yes. If, as everything suggests, the former AC Milan player takes the path of this other type of appeal, between Tfn, Appeal and Guarantee Board, the whole process would end up on the date of 14 December. At that point, postponing the vote would be inevitable. Thus, even the positions of the components - B, Lega Pro and Amateurs - are frozen: today, in the assembly held in Turin, the League of cadet clubs reiterated the June line, with the presentation of a document containing the main reform points to be submitted to the candidates in a meeting. But everything remains hanging.
To raise temperatures and concerns, there is also the new Aia case. The recent election of Francesco Massini as president of referees is now called into question by an appeal by Sue Ellen Salvatore, referee from Gallarate, who was on the team of the defeated Pacifici to enter the national commission.
The vote - the appellant's thesis - should be invalidated due to an incorrect calculation of the quorum: those accredited were 930, the voters 912, in the run-off with 461 ballots in his favor Massini would not have reached the quorum of 466, but the one calculated without blank ballots. The verification commission would have applied the Hague regulation, and not the rules of the electoral regulations.
In short, a regulatory tangle that opens up a new front. And if Minister Abodi, today engaged in the inauguration of one of the playgrounds of the government project 'Sport Illumina' in Corato, answers the question on the FIGC situation on the phone with ANSA: "I, respectfully, deal with something else", the new free-for-all that brings the situation of the football federation back into the high seas cannot fail to be under the lens of CONI.
