Italian Serie A Maintains 20-Team System… Reduction Vote ‘Rejected’

Only four clubs – Juventus, Inter Milan, AC Milan and AS Roma – voted in favor.

Italian professional soccer Serie A will be maintained as a 20-team system.

Foreign media such as the British public broadcaster BBC reported on the 13th (Korean time), “Serie A clubs held a general shareholders’ meeting in Milan, Italy on the 12th and rejected a plan to reduce the first division from 20 clubs to 18 clubs.” 바카라사이트

The media said, “Only four clubs, Juventus, Inter Milan, AC Milan, and AS Roma, voted in favor of the ‘plan to reduce the number of teams participating in Serie A’.

As the proposal was rejected, Serie A will continue to operate under a 20-team system.” He explained.

This agenda was proposed through some top clubs in Serie A.

Serie A was played under an 18-team system from the 1988-1999 season, but changed to a 20-team system from the 2004-2005 season.

AC Milan’s president Paolo Scaroni met with reporters before the vote and said, “In reality, clubs like ours that have many players called up for international matches as well as international matches are dissatisfied with playing too many games,” and added, “So many games that it is difficult to handle are due to injuries.”

He argued for downsizing the club, saying, “It is the cause of this.”

However, as a result of the vote, 16 out of 20 teams voted against the ‘plan to reduce Serie A participation teams’.

Turin’s president Urbino Cairo expressed his opposition, saying, “The attitude of the clubs who want to downsize is wrong.

They want Serie A to look like Super League.”

Meanwhile, the clubs decided to pursue a plan for Serie A to gain more autonomy from the Italian Football Association.

Lorenzo Cassini, president of Serie A, emphasized the push for reform, saying, “The current system does not properly reflect autonomy and decision-making compared to the money Serie A pays for Italian soccer.”