Del Piero: Croats, there are four million of you and you are great, but only one thing bothers me about you

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– I have children, so I like to look to the future a lot. I would like to make a balance, I am sad to see that in the Italian league 95 percent are foreigners and five percent are Italians. I would like to change that.

Marco Messina added:

– The coach of the young national team took over the position of coach and set up the youngest team since 1912. And that’s a good way.

The director of Serie A responded to that:

– I wish I was here in the conversation under a different title. If I could change something, I would speed up some decisions of the Italian government. We have 11 foreign club owners among 20 first league players. When you want to build a stadium, you have to wait 11-12 years for all approvals. That’s too long.

Del Piero said about the new clubs that have qualified for the Champions League while Juventus and Milan are not there:

– Como deserves everything he has achieved. Yes, the money came from outside, but you have to accept the reality. We missed three World Cups as a country. We need to see where the problem is. You Croats live in a big country, there are not even four million of you, and you were second and third in the world. What can I say?! You probably invest a lot and have a lot of talent. You also have big NBA games, I’m very happy to be back here. And it bothers me that you Croats are so tall! When I meet people, I look up: “Hi, how are you?”. We always come back after falls, remember 1982 and the scandal with bookmakers at the World Cup. I played 19 seasons at Juve, and only one at the new stadium. It changed the relationship with the fans. Now you enjoy more, you work harder. It gives you strength. We have to go in that direction, building new stadiums.

The director of Serie A also warned about the infrastructure problem:

– If there are no conditions for young people, even the first youth, that is a problem. Milan, Florence, we are waiting for new stadiums.

Marco Messina said:

– It is not only a problem in football, but also in the decisions of local authorities who want to control all the content around new stadiums, shops, museums and others. Italy closed in on itself even when it was the best in Europe at the club level, while, for example, England opened up to the world. And that should not depend on who wins the next election.

Del Piero said:

– We had club victories in European cups, yes. But we need more courage, we must not hide. Well, everyone has problems, including the English Premier League. The thing is how you deal with them and solve them. Besides tactics and talent, you have to find a way to win. It’s always about finding a balance. We have successful people in various professions, even in other sports, say tennis or Formula 1, let’s talk about that, haha. We have talent, we need to put the right people in the right places – Del Piero pointed out.