"Pirlo's renunciation of the azzurri bench? It's a story that speaks for itself, it's a situation we would have wanted to be different, with greater timeliness and also a unity of purpose that never materialised. Now we need to recover from an embarrassing situation." This is the telegraphic comment from Andrea Abodi, Minister for Sport and Youth, speaking about the Pirlo case on the sidelines of the presentation of the Hub Rete in Piacenza.

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