'No red cards, 25-minute halves, no small-town teams': Napoli owner's ideas to change football

It is Easter Sunday at the Beverly Hills residence of Aurelio De Laurentiis, the 76-year-old Italian movie mogul and owner of Serie A team Napoli.“Soccer will lose the younger generation,” he declares. But De Laurentiis has ideas. Lots of them. And once he starts, there is no stopping him.“The matches are too long,” he shrugs. He does not like the long breaks caused by video referees. He also cannot understand why 15 minutes is required for half-time.Advertisement