Inter, Marotta to leg it: ’18-team Serie A’

"With an oversupply, soccer canò lose its attractivenessà".

Soccer's supply è continues to grow. Now comes the (controversial) Club World Cup as well, making the soccer season even more challenging. More and more games are being played, and this risks compromising the health of soccer players and making soccer less attractive.

Marotta, Inter’s new president, is convinced of this: "Club World Cup? The information we have is not very concrete, è an important showcase at the World level that we accept with pride but è it is true that there's also further overcrowding of the calendar. From next season with the new Champions format there will be more matches, even 17 to win the cup. The calendar is compressing more and more, it should be revised and that is why in my opinion Serie A should be reduced to 18 teams", his clear words to Radio Anch'Io Sport.

The Nerazzurri number one added: "The current workloads are no longer sustainable and we have to protect our boys becauseè the risk of injuries è really remarkable. Just think that Barella has played more than 50 games to date. With overbidding I think soccer can lose its attractiveness.

In short, a leg-breaking intervention by the black and blue president. We need to reduce the number of matches, an idea shared by many other soccer insiders, who are concerned about a continuous growth in the number of matches to be played in each and every season.