Italy: "The League wants to respect the contract with Saudi Arabia" (L. De Siervo, Lega Serie A)

"We have a contract with Saudi Arabia for three editions of the Supercoppa Italiana, one of which has already taken place in Jeddah (Juventus FC - AC Milan, 1-0, at the King Abdullah Stadium, on Wednesday 16/01/2019). The League wants to respect the contract, we are not fighting against Saudi Arabia: only a request from both clubs based on legitimate arguments could avoid it being played. For the moment, we have not received anything," said Luigi De Siervo, CEO of the Lega Serie A, to the Italian radio station Radio 24 on 25/07/2019.

Juventus FC (Serie A TIM), the 2018-19 Italian champions, will face Societa Sportiva Lazio (Serie A TIM), winners of the 2018-19 Coppa Italia, in the 2019-20 Supercoppa Italiana. The match is expected to take place in December 2019, but neither the exact date nor the venue have been decided.

"Saudi Arabia has been actively a plague of piracy on world sports and entertainment for over 18 months, which is undermining the long-term commercial prospects of Serie A and rights holders worldwide. BeoutQ (Saudi pirate channel) has been illegally transmitting 10…