The back and forth continues, albeit without official declarations, between the Rome and the Serie A League. After the case linked to the recovery of the match against Udinese on 25 April, the Giallorossi club had asked to set the match against Atalanta for Monday 13 May, also moving the Italian Cup final scheduled for the 15th. From via Rosellini, However, a substantial no arrived with the publication of the advances and postponements of the 36th matchday of Serie A.
The rejection of the request was motivated by a series of considerations linked to the impossibility of moving the date of the Italian Cup final, as well as the European commitments of the Goddess and a substantially clogged calendar. Explanations that are not enough to convince the Friedkin company, according to what filters through Trigoria.
“Another blow to the integrity of the championship.” So does Roma, writes the agency LaPresse, would have received the League’s negative response. Furthermore, a certain dissatisfaction would filter from the Giallorossi circles at not having received any response regarding the date of the recovery of Atalanta-Fiorentina. Postponed due to the cardiac arrest which unfortunately led to the death of Joe Barone, this match can be played before the thirty-eighth matchday only if the Orobic team fails to reach the Europa League final. A circumstance to which the League obviously could not respond.
Because Roma had asked to play Atalanta on Monday. “This request – the Capitoline club had written in the letter sent to the Lega Serie A – derives not only from the centrality of this match for the purposes of qualifying for the next edition of the Champions League, but also from the need to protect and guarantee the integrity of the Serie championship A, which we are sure represents our common objective, in order to build a product of value that is credible for all interested parties, from the institutions to the fans.”