Long official statement issued by Veneziain response to the strike carried out by the orange-black-green curve for the initial 20 minutes of the last home match of the championship, against Como:
“Following the statements expressed on 7 December by our Sporting Director, Filippo Antonelli, the group that owns Venezia FC wishes to reiterate its unwavering commitment towards the players, the sporting leadership and the employees, expressing its gratitude for the people we work for: the our fans. We are aware that a high-level project cannot be built overnight. We have shown that we can compete in Serie A, and we are aware that we could have collected more points and that we must continue to work hard.
Building the club we all want is a process. Since the current ownership group was formed last season, we have worked to improve all aspects of the club. We have continued to invest in the First Team, in the Youth Sector, in the Women’s Team, in the new Cà Venezia Sports Center, in Penzo and in our brand, and we are ready to invest even more in infrastructure to make this a reality over the next two years. , the long-awaited dream of a new stadium.
Our group has further expanded this season, providing Venezia FC with a diverse and solid set of owners committed to the long-term growth of the club and the consolidation of a winning tradition for the city of Venice. This group represents the strongest financial base the club has had in the last twenty years. We have total confidence in Filippo Antonelli, Cristian Molinaro and Isaac Guerrero to lead our sports projects. We also want to strengthen the management to further structure ourselves from a corporate point of view.
The players and staff are fully determined to achieve the goals we have set ourselves. We ask our fans to be at our side, because the energy they know how to transmit to us can make a big difference in the fight to stay in Serie A. As Antonelli has rightly underlined in recent days, let’s focus on being united as a team: management, fans , staff and media, together to fight and compete in Serie A against the best Italian clubs, consolidating ourselves in this category over time. Go Venice!”