Chaos on Tavecchio, sentences against gays and Jews: “They want to blackmail me.” The reply: “Mind” – The Republic

ROME – The FIGC president Carlo Tavecchio is again under fire. After the gaffe on ‘Opti Poba’, which characterized the election campaign before his election to the presidency of the Football Federation, in the summer of 2014, the BBC has published some passages of a long talk a few months It is between the same Tavecchio and the director of the online newspaper SoccerLife Massimiliano Giacomini. A dialogue which contains racist and anti-Semitic and homophobic remarks. Football Association president claims to be the victim of blackmail (“I do not remember the words used in the conversation, which could be manipulated. The person I spoke to asked for financing its publishing activity,” he told the Courier ) and to have good relations with the Jewish community.

SoccerLife , for its part, responded today on its website claiming to have voluntarily surrendered to finance: “Mind Tavecchio and knows farlo- writes Giacomini – or has even forgotten that I was I give up the funding, I had wondered how they all do even large newspapers, and to present to Dr. Joy the project for the procurement of European funds. Project we presented to Dr. Moschini but then Tavecchio wanted them speak with the lawyer Ilaria Joy but in this text message, “Dear President not call not to disturb the well-deserved day of rest I am writing to tell you that I will not be the appointment Tuesday Joy’s lawyer, I have already taken steps to warn, because we do not consider useful for us to resubmit the project. Thanks for the opportunity Massimiliano Giacomini “, which I sent to the Federal President on 20 September at 18:51 you can see clearly who did not want to give up and neither funding nor other by the Football Association. Tavecchio says he is the victim of blackmail and that it will respond in the appropriate forums, the only truth is that I did not do the best job I have seen that the anti-Semitic and anti-gay I had overlooked but are more and more convinced that he had done well to surrender to funding and to present the project and Europe maintaining the freedom and independence of SoccerLife and my preparation. “

In conversation, talking about the headquarters of the National Amateur League in Rome, of which he was president, Tavecchio defines “ebreaccio” the entrepreneur Roman Caesar Anticoli which in 2008 was bought the building in Piazzale Flaminio. “I have nothing against the Jews, but better to keep them at bay,” adds Tavecchio.

During the same conversation, Tavecchio then falls into another gaffe when talking about a former leader of the Federation, he says: “But it is true that is homosexual? I have nothing against, but keep them away from me. I am very normal. ” The journalist of SoccerLife , the question of why the file has come out just now, he said he realized later Tavecchio contained in the words of many hours of recording time and decided to give them to the Milan daily because the insults they had a more extensive media coverage.

Immediate protest of Italian Jews: “Those of Tavecchio are anti-Semitic statements – says the president Renzo Gattegna – constitute a very serious and a huge image damage for credibility of the national sport and its institutions “.

REACTIONS WORLD SPORTS – ” The president of a federation should not use such language. Certain phrases should never be uttered by anyone, let alone to do so is the president of the Football Federation “the thought of Renzo Ulivieri, president dell’Assoallenatori. “If it was the victim of blackmail it would be serious. If this thing came out of a confidential talk would be a maialata -says Ulivieri-. In any case, such language is not as president of a federation. The FIGC president should not use similar terms . I’m sorry about this new slip, certain things are not as federal president and not from anybody. “

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