Abodi: ‘Anyone who bet on them will be fired from the National Team’

Turin, 15 Apr. (LaPresse) – ‘Anyone who bet on the National team should be excluded’. This is what the Minister for Sport and Youth, Andrea Abodi, said in an interview with the ‘Messaggero’. ‘The blue shirt must be an expression of technical ability, but also of moral behaviour, which must even precede it. It's not enough to just kick the ball in the goal,’ he added. “If you break the rules, which are exemplary, you have to go beyond the sanction. I see being called up to the national team as an all-round reward.” “I'm not for those who are ready to do anything to win a game or a competition,” he continued. ’You have to give your all, it's different. Not playing for the national team any more doesn't mean not playing sport, but doing it in a different way. It's an evaluation that has to be made. Even a plea bargain implies an assumption of responsibility for the future. I think it's interesting that there is a rehabilitation aspect through social services. These guys need to get to know life a little better’.