The Italian Football Association (FIGC) has welcomed incoming Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte's acquittal in a match-fixing trial on Monday.
Conte was acquitted of any wrongdoing by the court of Cremona for his part in a match-fixing attempt while he was coach of Siena.
The Italy coach had requested and obtained a quick trial so as to enable him to go into Euro 2016 free from any off-field worries, and the FIGC is pleased that will now be the case.
"I am hugely satisfied to hear of Antonio Conte's acquittal today by the court of Cremona," FIGC president said Carlo Tavecchio on the federation's website.
"Finally his position has been clarified. My faith in him was never in any doubt. Now we are all even more focused on the European Championship."
The general manager of the FIGC, Michele Uva, added that it is "the end of a nightmare" for Conte, who will leave his role as Italy's head coach following Euro 2016 to become manager of Chelsea.
"The federation has always believed in his innocence," Uva said. "He's a coach who has always worked according to his beliefs. We're delighted. It's important and crucial for our preparations for a European Championship at the highest level, without any sort of interference.
"We had already predicted it would come to this as we were always convinced about his absolute professionalism and the good faith of our coach."
On Monday evening, Conte named a 28-man preliminary squad to work with for three days this week in preparation for Euro 2016.
That squad lacked several players, notably from Juventus, AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain, who are expected to figure in his final squad selection, which he must submit to UEFA by May 31.