After knowing the coming of the government For the start of League 1 2023 this weekend, seven clubs participating in the Peruvian tournament have issued a statement raising their voices in protest, assuring they will “not participate” in the championship until the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) relieves the precautionary measure, taken to court.
background
As already mentioned, the seven football clubs in question would not have permission to televise their premier league matches Peru Soccer Consortium as a result of a precautionary measure filed with the judiciary by the FPF, as the country’s highest football authority has considered the possibility that another television operator (1190 Sports) is responsible for broadcasting the games, a situation that is clearly not the Fall is ready to accept the following teams: Alianza Lima, Binacional, Cienciano, Cusco FC, Melgar, Sport Boys and Deportivo Municipal.
Given this scenario, the team that would face their rival on date 3 (Cantolao) this weekend is the Universitario de Deportes. Coach Carlos Compagnucci’s team would have given up a few days ago pursuing the same position as the other seven clubs mentioned because, in the case of Ate’s team, it had already renewed its contract with the Peru Football Consortium years before, this problem happened, that still keeps the beginnings of Peruvian football in limbo.
The cash register is at stake
On the other hand, through the above statement, the seven clubs too reject the decision of the authorities not to allow public access to the sports facilities for this date due to the political and social situation in the country. In this regard, they point out that this is “trying against the savings of the clubs, which have an extremely important source of income for our institutional goals with ticket sales”.
In this sense, if this scenario is not changed, teams like Sporting Cristal would be seriously affected in terms of box office earnings, since according to the established schedule for League 1, this weekend (date 3) the game against Alianza Lima takes place. an important match that would bring many Celestes fans together, but with the La Victoria team in favor of not showing up this weekend, the clash ultimately had to be played behind closed doors.
Finally, the seven sports teams are also demanding immediate resignation Augustine Lozano the FPF because “it does not adequately represent the interests of the clubs”.