Giovanni Malagò formalises candidature for Figc presidency with the support of Lega Serie B and sports associations

The board of the Lega Pro made it known yesterday that it did not want to take sides with either of the two candidates, waiting to see the programmes in black and white, which must be deposited together with the candidature but which have certainly been at least addressed, in the main themes, during the meetings held between the parties.

The Lega Serie B, on the other hand, finally came out in favour of Malagò as the result of the consultation that the president, Paolo Bedin, carried out with the clubs after the meeting held last week at the FIGC with the potential candidates. 'Once the candidature has been formalised,' the cadet league announced, 'we will enter into the analysis of the relative electoral programme.

The frantic hours before the presentation of the candidature are set in a panorama that is anything but serene, amidst the tensions over the championship finale and the race for the cups, the disputes over the scheduling of the next day in the perverse derby derby Rome-Internazionali d'Italia entanglement - and an appeal by the Lega Serie A against the decisions of the Prefecture of Rome is looming - the wait is on for the Coppa Italia final but also for a federal council that tomorrow morning will declare the fall of the president of the Aia, with the possible receivership of the association.

A dossier already hot in itself, but made to white heat by the investigation opened by the Milan Public Prosecutor's Office into the refereeing system, which has already led to the designator's resignation.

In all this, there were also the words of the Head of State, who, receiving Inter and Lazio, finalists of the tricolour cup, at the Quirinale, expressed 'a feeling of regret' because 'our football plays important trophies but within national borders'.

"Those of my age have had the privilege of having seen the World Cup and the Europeans, but today we are going through an unusually and inexplicably long pause," concluded Sergio Mattarella, hoping that a phase of recovery will be restarted. And it is precisely on this road indicated by the Colle that the new federal president must set out without hesitation.