Journalist Valentina Maceri, who covers the Champions League for Swiss broadcaster Blue, has criticized presenters Eleonora Incardona, Giusy Meloni, Diletta Leotta and Marialuisa Jacobelli for their outfits when covering football matches.

Maceri argues, following the publication of her book 'Fuck Female Empowerment', that her colleagues showed little professionalism and lacked style and class when it came to dressing.

"Male empowerment is everywhere: in advertising, on social media, in politics. But what if it's all just a facade? What if behind the shiny slogans lies not real equality, but a movement that gets in its own way? What is now called 'female empowerment' is inconsistent and contradictory. Idealisation is not a solution; it is part of the problem. As modern feminism is defined, we are not promoting equality, we are holding it back. In this book, I address victim mentality, commercialisation and the demonisation of masculinity. I take on internet feminists, hyper-feminists and the whole progressive bubble. I want to show that modern feminism has strayed from its true goal and why this is a problem for all of us. Men and women," explains Valentina Maceri in 'Amazon'.

Valentina Maceri: "Eleonora Incardona presents in a very sensual way. Sometimes vulgar"

In an interview with 'Bild', the sports journalist points directly to Eleonora Incardona, who has been covering the Club World Cup for DAZN: "She mainly presents the betting odds. And she does it in a very sensual way. Sometimes, vulgar."

Valentina Maceri argues that "I would personally say that the way female reporters present themselves in Italy sometimes borders on normal."

"Battle" between sports journalists over the exploitation of their physiques

In 2023, Paola Ferrari, the famous journalist and presenter of '90°minuti', was very upset with the presence of model Melissa Satta as a football commentator on Sky and criticised sports reporter Diletta Leotta in her "battle against the spectacularisation in the aesthetic sense of the female figure in football".

The journalist, who became very popular for her appearance on 'La Domenica Sportiva', told 'Corriere della Sera' that "I did not like the role assigned to Melissa Satta, taking advantage of her exuberant physique. That moment of 'taking off the jacket', in which she remained in top in the midst of the laughter of the men in the studio, seemed mortifying".

Paola Ferrari was also critical of Diletta Leotta, DAZN's football reporter, saying she would not want her as a role model for her daughter: "Diletta is intelligent and lucky, she earns a lot of money. But you can't mythologise a perfect woman image with gravity-defying breasts, it's not real."

"In my opinion Diletta Leotta is very good, but nobody notices it, nobody talks about it," he said.

Paola Ferrari highlighted the work of journalists such as Simona Rolandi, Anna Billo and Alba Parietti.