Sarri blasts Tremendous Cup in Saudi Arabia as ‘taking the cash and working’

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Maurizio Sarri blasted on Sunday the revamped Italian Tremendous Cup as a purely money-grabbing train as his Lazio workforce put together to go away for the match in Saudi Arabia.

Lazio tackle Inter Milan within the second semi-final on the KSU Stadium in Riyadh on Thursday, the primary time the Tremendous Cup can be contested by 4 groups.

Napoli kick-off the match on Wednesday after they face Fiorentina on the identical stadium.

“Everybody is aware of what I believe, that this match has nothing to do with sport, we’re simply taking the cash and working,” mentioned Sarri.

“We’re going around the globe with our hat in our palms… With all the issues that we now have with crowded fixture lists, we then resolve to organise a four-team Tremendous Cup.”

Earlier than this season the Tremendous Cup has featured the Serie A champions and the winners of the Italian Cup, with Inter Milan thumping AC Milan within the Saudi capital final January.

This time period it options final season’s prime two in Italy’s prime flight and the 2 cup finalists, in an identical change to the one made to the Spanish Tremendous Cup which can also be being performed in Saudi Arabia.

Lazio completed second behind champions Napoli in June, and Sarri’s aspect sit fifth in Serie A after beating Lecce 1-0 on Sunday.

Saudi Arabia has invested closely in sport in recent times, with the Gulf State’s Professional League snatching massive names from the foremost European leagues because of the backing of the nation’s sovereign wealth fund.

Nevertheless, the dominion has been accused of utilizing main occasions to “sports activities wash” its human rights file.