The interview with the former AC Milan star broadcast on Radio Serie A is controversial. Maldini: "I was censored." The League denies it

Back and forth. In the centre, the interview that Maldini gave to the official Serie A channel. Censored, according to the former footballer's lawyer. Not censored, according to the League. Nobody addresses the crux (censored or not censored for what?) but the offending sentence would be the one about Inter, considered underdogs in the summer and then champions of Italy: "It has a sporting structure that determines the future of the area sportswoman, was rewarded with long-term contracts. There was an idea of ​​strategy."

Yesterday the statement "in response to the well-known censorship of the interview on Radio Serie A" by the lawyer of the former captain and manager, Danilo Buongiorno, responsible "for the protection from such serious conduct unjustly suffered, in defense of the fundamental right of freedom of expression ".

Journalist Alessandro Alciato, who conducted the interview, had spoken on social media in recent days about "pressure not to air it".

Serie A's response on the "alleged censorship" has been forthcoming. The news spread is false. Not even the fact that pressure was put on the interview not to air is true. Following many negative comments, in total autonomy editorially and in accordance with typical practice, the aforementioned interview was placed in "unlisted" mode. On Friday morning, as soon as the controversy subsided, the interview became accessible again".

Maldini was also the protagonist of a long-distance exchange with Scaroni last month: "If someone looks at the past with acrimony they are not living the present very well", the words of the current president.

"I live well in the present", the answer. Then, the controversy that broke out yesterday.

Luca Mignani