Basketball, Piantedosi: ‘For us, Virtus Bologna-Maccabi Tel Aviv can be played’

Milan, 19 Nov. (LaPresse) – ‘Rather than a tug-of-war, we have stated a very simple argument, which is that troublemakers cannot dictate the agenda of public events in our country. The staging of a sporting event cannot be influenced by the fact that there are groups in favour of the Palestinian cause who say that a match should not be played.’ ‘From our point of view, the game can go ahead.’ This was the response of Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi on Rai3’s ReStart programme when asked about the request by the mayor of Bologna, Matteo Lepore, to postpone the Virtus Bologna-Maccabi game.