ROME (ITALPRESS) – “On Feb. 3, the soccer world will be called to vote. We are not hiding to say it, we will definitely support President Gravina for the next four-year term. He is always very close to our world and he is definitely the president who can represent us in Federcalcio.” This was said by the president of the Football 5-a-side Division, Stefano Castiglia, during an interview at the Rome office of Italpress. Five-a-side soccer has also officially become part of the Federal Council: “An important result that sees the Five-a-side Football Division, after years, sitting within the Federal Council with a statutory norm that certainly gives value to our discipline – continued the Sicilian executive – Thanks must be given to President Gravina who has accepted this request of mine.” The movement is on the rise as the numbers testify: “I like to emphasize that at 36 years of age I became the youngest president of the League,” Castiglia pointed out. “The national team is that piece of heart, that blue that when it takes the field in Italy fills the arenas, it is something important, it is a piece of our skin. But there is also so much more, the men’s and women’s championships that are important, they gather dozens and hundreds of spectators in the arenas. So these are two things that walk in parallel and make this discipline grow more and more every day.” The Italian championships are increasingly coveted by international players: “This year we had the surprise of having the strongest player who is Ricardinho who plays in Genzano. I like to emphasize how the women’s championship falls within this circle along with Spain and Portugal. The fact that these champions and champions decide to play in our league attests to the state of form of this discipline.” A thought also about 2025 and the many events that will be played in Italy: “My mandate begins with the will to give more and more European breath to this federation, the will to dialogue more and more with Uefa for major events. Now we are going to get into the swing of things, on January 4 and 5 we will have the men’s Super Cup in Catania. At the end of January we will have a very big event with our national team starting the qualification for the next European Championship. And then our cups: the men’s and women’s Final Eight and then all our Scudetto finals in all categories, from Serie A to Under 19,” Castiglia concluded.- photo Italpress -(ITALPRESS)
