«We must stop piracy or football will be poorer»

The fight against digital piracy and the growth of Italian football are the main topics touched on by Luigi De SiervoCEO of Serie A Leagueduring Social Football Summit underway at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. «If we do not reduce the phenomenon of digital piracy in football, the sector will Poorer and we will all do our job worse.” The digital factor allows «to commit crimes from one’s own home, without perception of the criminal aspect – he added -. However, football, apart from the romantic aspect, is a business which is based on the spending of the final consumer who watches the match. Thinking about not paying means damage your favorite team.”

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The camp will become impoverished if «this flow of criminal activity that fuels the conflict is not interrupted underworld in Italy – continued De Siervo -. We are waiting for the happy day when AGCOM’s anti-piracy platform will allow us to disrupt within thirty minutes the broadcast of a pirate event. This is because we are not bigots and moralists, but because we know that for the resumption of our football everything must fall back on track.” Football is trying to support a epochal battle: «We are the country that commits the most crimes in this sector but also the most advanced in this sector». Also the end user of digital piracy, «he who leaves a digital Ariadne’s thread», adds De Siervo, will be prosecuted, “It’s only a question of time: unfortunately the only thing that convinces people is the repressive policy. Fine up to five thousand euros a person who sees a pirate event is one obligatory path». It is essential that presidents, clubs and players do so expose against piracy. «Bobo Vieri did it and I thank him, but everyone will have to do it, first and foremost the presidents who are the most damaged».

«We urgently need stadium commissioner for Euro 2032»

On the sidelines of the conference, De Siervo also spoke about the situation of the stadiums Italians in sight Euro 2032: «In October 2026 we hope that the level of sufficiency for the stadiums will be reached by UEFA, otherwise the candidacy would be revoked: we have reported to the Government absolute urgency that a. be established commissioner to the stadiums.” Despite the mediocre level of our systems, De Siervo is optimistic for the future of the movement: «We are a country that perhaps no longer exports poets and navigators, but we are the largest exporters of coaches, this for a wisdom that can only be learned on the pitches – states the CEO of the League -. Our football lives one state of saluteand you can see it in the packed stadiums, he has returned to the vertices of the world. The investment funds were thinking of us because we have greater growth prospects than the Ligue, Premier League and Bundesliga.” Football, concludes De Siervo, «is the true soft power of Italy: there isn’t a country in the world that doesn’t follow Serie A.”

«Next week special shirt against violence against women»

De Siervo finally stated how impressed they were by the tragedy of Giulia Cecchettin. «For next week’s matches we will prepare one special shirt against the violence against womenand the team captains will read a poetry. We want to make the fans understand in an understandable way that a violent attitude towards anyone is in no way acceptable, much less towards the women we say we love”, he added, recalling that the initiative is part of the “A red for violence” campaign , promoted as every year by the Lega Serie A. Finally, a joke about qualification of the national team at Euro 2024: «We are the first fans of the national team, always alongside the Federationof the mister Spalletti and all the guys, to whom I congratulate.

Psychologically it was difficult, but now we can rejoice thinking about the escape from danger and focus on the performance in Germany.”

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