Malagò kept in charge of Italian soccer federation after last-minute compromise

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A solution has been found to keep Giovanni Malagò in charge of the beleaguered Italian soccer federation despite an irregularity in his election this year

ROME -- A solution was found to keep Giovanni Malagò in charge of the beleaguered Italian soccer federation on Tuesday despite an irregularity in his election this year.

While Malagò was stripped of the presidency, he was named as the federation’s emergency commissioner on an interim basis pending a new election.

The compromise was made in a last-minute meeting between Malagò and Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) president Luciano Buonfiglio, just before CONI voted on the matter.

The irregularity was that Malagò was not registered as a member of the soccer federation at the time of the election in June.

Malagò received 68.58% of the votes in the election, easily beating former federation president Giancarlo Abete, who received 29.17% and was the only other candidate.