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Emanuele Tramacere
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FIGC, official: Malagò goes from president to commissioner. "New elections by 31 January 2027"

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The meeting between the two presidents may have marked the turning point in this case, which is not doing football any good.

A simple meeting between the parties settled the dispute over the future of the Italian Football Federation and the alleged ineligibility of elected president Giovanni Malagò.

This morning the No. 1 at the FIGC met face to face with the No. 1 at CONI, Luciano Buonfiglio, and the two agreed to place the Football Federation under administration, confirming the procedural flaw in the election, but also agreeing to choose Malagò himself as commissioner in order to respect the will expressed by the federal components during the election.


  • The meeting

    At 12 o'clock, president Malagò arrived at Palazzo H to meet the head of CONI and work out how to proceed before the vote within the CONI Executive Board.

    That meeting soon produced the simplest solution to preserve the political and sporting balance, and above all the autonomy, of the Italian football movement.

    Buonfiglio proposed to Malagò that he should act as commissioner during this transitional phase, which must lead to new and above all regular elections.

  • Voted unanimously

    The proposal then went to the Executive Board who, as reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport, unanimously approved Malago's appointment as the new FIGC commissioner within a few minutes. For it to become official, only the approval of the CONI Council, who will meet at 2pm, is still missing, but that should be a mere formality.

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