Serie A, Milan-Como not to be played in Perth due to excessive financial risks - Video
The Milan-Como match will no longer be played in Perth, Australia, on 8 February
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The Milan-Como match will no longer be played in Perth, Australia.
Simonelli: unacceptable demands from Asian confederation
"Despite the fact that the Lega Calcio Serie A had punctually and correctly followed the complex authorisation process, which lasted several months, through the approval of the participating clubs, the Assembly of the Lega Calcio Serie A, the FIGC Federal Council, the UEFA Executive Committee, the Australian Federation, and had even accepted very unacceptable sporting conditions imposed by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), in the face of an'escalation of further unacceptable demands made in the last few hours by the AFC against the Australian Federation and consequently the Government of Western Australia and the Lega Calcio Serie A, it has become impossible to play the Milan - Como match in Perth on February 8th'.
Lega Calcio Serie A president Ezio Simonelli said in a note. "While expressing regret for the epilogue of this project, we continue to be firmly convinced that this conclusion is a missed opportunity in the project for the growth of Italian football at an international level, which moreover deprives the many Serie A fans abroad of living the dream of attending a live match of their favourite team," he added.
Milan-Como in Perth skipped due to financial risks
Milan-Como in Perth has been skipped 'due to financial risks that could not be contained, onerous conditions of approval and last-minute complications'. Thus, in a note from Lega Serie A and the government of Western Australia, a definitive end was put to 'the plans to host the first official match of a European Championship outside the national borders in Perth'.
In a joint note from the Western Australian Government and the Lega Serie A it emerged that 'plans to host the first ever European Championship match to be played outside the country's borders in Perth have been cancelled by mutual agreement,' reads a statement. 'The proposed match would have been the first time a top-level, points-scoring European Championship match would have been played outside the country's borders, representing a unique opportunity for Western Australia to write international football history.
