What is the "Telephone Gate" incident in Italy?

The phone records revealed amazing inside information.

Moggi, general manager of Juventus Club, has always been a man of the hour in Italian football, and he has made indelible contributions to the prosperity of Juventus in recent years. But he never dreamed that his phone would be tapped. In Gazzetta dello Sport published on May 4th, there were several paragraphs about the telephone monitoring of Moggi by prosecutors in Turin in 2004. Some of these conversations are shocking. On the phone, Moggi openly "bossed" the then Serie A referee to appoint Peruggi Paletto and personally appointed the referee of Juventus. Previously, people's suspicion that Juventus was often "taken care of" by referees was finally confirmed.

After the incident, the Italian Football Association said it would investigate the matter to the end. Carraro, president of the Italian Football Association, said, "Real fans are very sad and angry. We can allow mistakes to occur, but we can't tolerate that even if mistakes are discovered, they will not be discovered and corrected. "

Silent for a long time, the party Moggi only said a word, "I'm sorry. I found that the reported situation is completely different from the facts. "

The scandal triggered a class frenzy.

After the "Calciopoli" incident was exposed, it caused a strong shock in Italian football. Just four days later (May 8th), carraro, the 67-year-old president of the Italian Football Association, took the blame and resigned, although he said in his resignation report that this time he resigned because "the work of the Football Association will be very heavy in the coming months. Therefore, the Football Association needs a manager who can devote himself to work. " But as we all know, the "Telephone Gate" incident was the real reason that led to carraro's resignation. Because as early as March this year, the Italian procuratorate had already presented the relevant report to the Italian Football Association, but until the Italian media exposed the matter in May, the Italian Football Association remained indifferent.

Giraudo, former executive manager of Juventus Club. Xinhua news agency.

More dramatically, three days later, in May 1 1, the board of directors of Juventus Club also applied for collective resignation. Although they did not mention any details related to "manipulating referees" in their application reasons, they only said that "according to the usual practice, the board of directors of Juventus Club is about to expire and a general election will be held". At the same time, Moggi and his son and Juventus Club Executive Manager Ann Giraudo flew to Rome to be questioned by the Naples District Court.

At this point, the scandal of Juventus Club manipulating referees began to be uncovered. However, no one knows when the shady football match will be revealed.

Serie a giants have fallen.

Just as AC Milan coach Adriano Galliani frequently commented on Moggi's "Telephone Gate" incident, expressing his innocence and contempt for the other side, trouble was quietly coming to him.

On May 15, Corriere della Serrano published for the first time a summary of the phone hacking incident in which AC Milan Club was suspected of arranging referees. Among them, "You can't make any more mistakes", "You must arrange several obedient referees in the next game" and "How can you blow that goal" are jaw-dropping.

Rome, Inter Milan and other giants who claimed that they had absolutely no problem were also involved. The telephone recording proved that the former was suspected of match-fixing in Serie A in 2004, and the latter was also suspected of manipulating referees in the Champions League in 2004-2005, when referees in at least two matches were controlled by Inter Milan.

Since then, Fiorentina, Lazio, Udinese, Siena and messina in Serie A, and arezzo, Corotoni and Avilino in Serie B have also been exposed to participate in match-fixing and gambling. If the facts are true, at least three of them will be demoted.

At this point, almost no one in the Italian team can prove that they are absolutely innocent. The scene of Italian fans marching in front of Juventus Club with slogans such as "We were fooled" and "Strongly demanding judicial intervention" has become a major sight in Turin.

The scandal turned into a political event.

As the trial of Moggi progressed, more and more inside information was revealed. On May 19, after a six-hour trial by the Naples Procuratorate, Moggi's defense completely collapsed, and he admitted all his crimes of bribing officials and referees of the Football Association and manipulating the transfer. What makes people stunned is that not only the relevant teams and Football Association officials, but also the police and politicians of some European Union countries have made suggestions and given the green light.

According to Moggi, he helped their favorite Spanish player get a visa illegally during the transfer last winter. At the same time, it was also reported by the Rome police that Moggi had an unusual relationship with some Roman policemen, and the Turin police kept providing him with shelter. Many officials from the Italian sports department also provided "special help" to Moggi.

According to the information provided by Moggi, two customs officials at Keno Airport in Fiumi did something illegal at his suggestion. These two "key figures" once helped Laiola, the assistant of Juventus midfielder Emerson, "skillfully" tide over the difficulties. At that time, Laiola was stopped by customs officers at Da Vinci Airport because of visa problems. Raola immediately called Moggi and asked him to help solve the problem. Moggi called Leola and told him the phone number of his "friend" at the customs, so that he could finally leave smoothly.

At this time, "Telephone Gate" represents not only a sports event, but also a political event. When asked by reporters about this matter, Italian caretaker Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi only said one sentence: "This is really terrible!" Prime Minister-designate Prodi also said that members should be sent to rectify the National Football Association immediately. Mario monti, a former member of the European Commission, pointed out that the problems of Italian football are fundamentally caused by Italian politics.

Judicial intervention is not soft

In view of the intensification of the "Telephone Gate" scandal, it has gone far beyond the control of the Italian Football Association. A few days ago, the Naples Procuratorate issued a summons to 4 1 person suspected of the incident on the grounds of "group fraud" to make him appear in court. The "catastrophic earthquake" in Italian football broke out in an all-round way, and Italian football entered "total chaos".

According to the Naples Prosecutor's Office, there is a "real criminal group" behind the scenes of Italian football, and there is a leadership core similar to the mafia "cupola" inside this group. Innocent Ma Zhini, Vice President of Italian National Football Association, Moggi, Giraudo, General Manager of Juventus Club, santis, Serie A referees Perretto and Bergamo are six members of this football "Coppola". In the investigation, the procuratorate found that they not only manipulated the Italian football match through various means such as fraud, fraud and threats, but also were suspected of manipulating the transfer of players through some brokerage companies, forging accounts, colluding with illegal football gambling gangs and subverting the rules of the football market.

In order to better investigate this matter, the procuratorates in Turin and Rome also intervened in this case. They asked the clubs in Italian first and second leagues to provide invoices, billing records, contracts signed with players, conditions and rules provided by the clubs to assist in the investigation. At the same time, Valiant, Stas and Tinti, who are in charge of investigating the case, are all famous Italian prosecutors, and the Italian government can imagine the importance attached to this matter.

Results:

Juventus was demoted, deducted 6 points, dropped below B, at least to C, and was disqualified from the Serie A championship in 2004-05 and 2005-06.

AC Milan: Drop to the bottom of Serie A, and then drop to Serie B for 3 points next season.

Lazio: Drop to the bottom of Serie A, and then drop to Serie B next season. Penalty 15.

Florence: dropped to the bottom of Serie A, and then dropped to Serie B next season, with a penalty of 15.

The main suspects who were banned from participating in football-related affairs for five years and fined 5,000 euros were Moggi, Diego Delavare and Andre Delavare, Kilodo, Lotito, carraro, Ma Ji and Maiani. Galliani was only banned for two years.

In addition, Desentis Peak, Bergamo, Pairetto and Ranes were sentenced to five years' ban on football-related affairs and fined 5,000 euros.

Papale Zeta, Babbini and Brich were sentenced to one year, while ToDaligni and Biltini, messina and Rocchi and tagliavento were sentenced to five years' imprisonment respectively. In addition, mazzei and others were sentenced to two years' imprisonment.

Today is a busy day in Rome Olympic Stadium. From 9: 30 in the morning, a war of words between the prosecution and the defense has started. The whole process lasted until four in the afternoon. The morning is mainly about the debates of the clubs, while the statements of Galliani and Desentis Peak are concentrated in the afternoon. Desentis Peak said that he "regrets what he has done and is willing to bear the punishment he will face later."