FIGC elections, Malagò: 'I want to bring innovation and courage to football'

I submitted my candidacy because it seemed necessary to me after being elected on 22 June with a significant majority and the many events that happened between pantouflage, membership and after having defended the autonomy of football. Galliani? I can only respect and respect him, what differentiates us is not a personal issue, you will never hear me say anything that is not positive about him. It is certainly very focused on the world of football, I try to bring innovations and courage that also come from other worlds within football that I think I know well.

Thus Giovanni Malagò, FIGC commissioner and candidate for the presidency of the Football Federation, on the stage of "Nexus - Visions and strategies for territorial development" in Latina.

Regarding the FIGC's commissionership, Malagò admits that "if we had gone to the vote in that council we would all have come out defeated. That was a solution that I can't tell you if it was the best, but certainly the least worst". Finally, a thought also on Rome's failed candidacy for the 2024 Olympics, which "doesn't burn me, but it's as if I had a wound that has healed. It was an unfortunate choice that led to disasters for those who took it in political-electroral terms, but after six months we found ourselves dealing with Milan Cortina.

Latina was heavily penalized by that decision. We would have won and we would have involved this area as we did with many territories for Milan", he concludes.