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Fight against the "pezzotto", De Siervo: «The Camorra and the 'Ndrangheta are behind the business»
The CEO of Lega Serie A in an interview with “Il Mattino”. «We would like more teams from the South to enhance the story of the South»
Published: 06/09/2024 – 12:41

ROME The long battle against pirates and the “pezzotto”, the system set up by those who illegally sell access to viewing sporting events through platforms. Sites blocked, servers connected all over the world, links spread and shared via apps and social media. A tangle of fraudulent systems that put at risk the survival of a sport like football, which in Italy moves hundreds of millions of euros every year. In an interview with the newspaper “Il Mattino”, the CEO of Lega Serie A Luigi De Siervo focuses on the phenomenon: « Behind the pirates there is the Camorra, the 'ndrangheta, there is the information Wild West that reigns and outside Italy, there are at least 300 million euros that every year end up in the pockets of organised crime and not football clubs » . The CEO denies a drop in ratings and admits: « The number of matches is exaggerated. But it is not our fault: the matches that we organize as a League are always the same. For years. We have a legal battle underway with FIFA for the Club World Cup. But there is also a discussion underway with UEFA: in just a few years, the number of matches in the new Champions League and national teams has grown dramatically." De Siervo then imagines a South that is a protagonist in the Serie A championship, with too few teams. "We would like more, precisely to enhance the story of a South that wins , that knows how to build and that knows how to shine. There is Napoli, which is one of the big teams, but also Lecce, which has shown its ability to be competitive with its expertise."