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The whole story of the Italian Telephone Scandal

[2006-5-21 14:01:25 | By: Gai Gai]

"The match with Messina Arrange for me Consolo and Battaglia."

"Yes, I have arranged it." "What about the match with Livorno?" "Rocky goes to Livorno. , no problem.”

Within 48 days starting from August 2004, Turin prosecutor Guarinero was authorized by the judicial department to steal the information. The above is only a fragment of the phone call record of Moggi. It sounds like Moggi is assigning tasks to his subordinates. However, the other end of the phone is Paireto, the former Italian Football Association referee assignee. During the Calciopoli

On May 2, "Gazzetta dello Sport" disclosed the content of the phone conversation between Juventus general manager Moggi and referee assignor Paireto during the 2004-2005 season. Among them, Moggi several times Designate referees by manipulating Paireto. On May 5, Paireto denied the media reports. Juventus defeated Palermo 2-1 at home on May 7, leading second place AC Milan by 3 points with one round left in the league.

On May 8, Italian Football Federation President Carraro announced his resignation.

Mazzini, another protagonist of the scandal on May 10, Vice Chairman of the Football Association, also announced his resignation.

On May 11, Juventus Club CEO Giraudo was suspected of falsifying accounts.

On May 12, six members of the Juventus board of directors, including Giraudo and Moggi, resigned collectively.

On May 12, Italian military police entered the Football Association to investigate. Juventus goalkeeper Buffon and others are suspected of gambling. On May 13, the "***" reported that 18 Serie A games in the 2004-2005 season were investigated, and Juventus was suspected of using referees to obtain results that were favorable to Juventus in 12 games. On May 13, Italian referee De Santis, who was involved in the scandal, was disqualified from officiating at the World Cup in Germany.

The main roles in the Calciopoli scandal are starring - Moggi (former Juventus general manager) starring - Giraudo (former Juventus CEO) Mazzini (former Italian Football Association Vice Chairman) Carraro (former Italian Football Association President) Paireto (former Italian Football Association referee assignee) Bergamo (former Italian Football Association referee assignee)

More than 10 days after the "Calciogate" scandal, it has spread to With unimaginable breadth and height, Italian football is now in a mess everywhere. On the evening of May 14th, the final round of Serie A was held. Juventus defeated Reggina calmly 2:0 at a neutral venue and won the 29th league trophy in the team's history. This 29th championship brings an end to this season and an era for Juventus. Club General Manager Moggi announced his decision to resign early yesterday morning. Today Juventus may officially announce that Vice Chairman Be Tega's resignation.

After the championship, what awaits Juventus is a storm and a huge change. Not only that, the "Calciopoli scandal" started from Juventus, involved 9 clubs, and may even lead to... The Italian football world is experiencing an unprecedented earthquake after the match-fixing case. Juventus management collectively resigned

On Sunday, just after Juventus won the league championship, Moggi announced in an interview with Sky Italia: "I need to tell everyone that on Monday, I will resign from Juventus." I have no strength or desire to continue as general manager and to retire from football forever. Those people murdered my soul and all I can do is defend myself with the law."

Juventus. Vice Chairman Bettega has not been interviewed for the time being. He may also leave the Juventus leadership together with Moggi. What really attracts attention is the fate of CEO Giraudo. This financial expert is also involved. There are different opinions on whether he will leave Juventus amid the accounting scandal.

Last Thursday, Chairman Stevens led eight directors other than the Big Three to resign collectively, effectively vacating the director group headed by Giraudo.

On June 29, the shareholders’ meeting of Juventus’ behind-the-scenes shareholders will elect a new board of directors so that the Juventus club can get on the right track. At this stage, all matters of Juventus are handed over to the largest shareholder Ifil Group.

Juventus is likely to be relegated. The seriousness of the Calciopoli incident and the number of teams involved are unprecedented. Judging from the only two single precedents, the 1980 football betting case and the Genoa match-fixing case last year, if Juventus is found guilty of all the current crimes, At the very least, like Venice in the second division last season, they will be ordered to be dropped to the bottom of their league, which is relegation, and they will be fined 3 points. This is still the lightest, and in severe cases it may be downgraded to level C1. This means that Juventus will not be able to participate in European competitions for at least two years unless they win the domestic cup. Last season's league championship will definitely be cancelled, and the league championship just won this season may also be cancelled. The recovered championship will no longer be awarded to any team, which means that the Serie A championship will be vacant for the past two years. There was a precedent in 1927, when the Turin championship was withdrawn and never given to anyone else.

The two teams, Lazio and Fiorentina, are directly involved in the case, which is more serious than Juventus. They are also involved in some match-fixing. The punishment result may also be like Juventus' first plan: penalty points and relegation. In this way, the Serie A European teams have changed as a result. If Juventus, Forlo, and Lazio are relegated, UEFA will re-create the Serie A rankings. Pushing back in order, Roma and Chievo will participate in the Champions League next season, and Parma and Enn. One of Poli will participate in the UEFA Cup with Palermo and Livorno. The draw for the Champions League will be on June 28, and the result will be decided before that day. Serie A postpones restructuring

The Italian Football Association may also take this opportunity to move Serie A back to 18 teams, given that the two seasons of 20 teams have been chaotic. The teams that are cheated in the "fake game" will not receive any compensation. If everything cannot be concretely resolved by mid-August, the start of next season's Serie A, originally scheduled for August 27, will be delayed a bit because the schedule needs to be made 10 to 15 days ago. Players from relegated giants must abide by their respective contracts and cannot leave just because of relegation. Only players over the age of 28 can be protected by UEFA.

What consequences will there be for the individuals involved? The legal and sports aspects are separated. Looking only at the sports aspect, the club leaders may be removed from the club or suspended from 3 months to 5 years. The referee will be expelled from the Football Association and will never stand up again. According to current Italian law, once Moggi and others are found guilty, they will be prosecuted by the prosecutor's office for sports fraud, and what awaits them will be years in prison.

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Introduction to the Telephone scandal

On May 4, Gazzetta dello Sport published a report on the secret investigation by the Turin Procuratorate into the Mogi scandal in recent years. The content of the phone call with the Serie A referee was shocking!

After the phone hacking broke out, it spread rapidly, and the fields involved and the various investigations it triggered were astonishing. The ongoing investigation mainly focuses on four aspects: First, the "Moggi system" with Moggi, Giraudo, and Mazzini as the core, and referees such as Bergamo, Paireto, and DeSantis as accomplices ", manipulating the selection of referees and linesmen, and controlling the results of games including 10 Serie A and B teams. The suspected ones include Milan, Fiorentina, Lazio and other famous teams; secondly, G EA, this is the first The extension of the incident is mainly that Moggi and his son relied on the power of the "system" and the help of many teams to manipulate transfers; thirdly, Juventus Club's false accounts, mainly in 2002, they wanted to punish Buffon, Bridge, etc. The transfer was explained; fourth, Juventus players gambled.

The above four investigations have involved the involvement of four prosecutors’ offices in Rome, Turin, Naples, and Parma. The Italian Football Association is responsible for the sports aspect. Countless people have been investigated, with 41 people summoned by the Naples court alone. Former Football Association executives Carraro, Mazzini, Bergamo, and Paireto, President of the Referees Association Ranese, senior leaders of Juventus, Forlo, and Lazio clubs, dozens of referees, agents, players, reporters, and governments The top brass are all included.

The current consequences are that the Football Association has almost collapsed, with only Abate left to carry it, and Italy's World Cup campaign has been affected; Juventus's board of directors has completely collapsed, and there is violent internal turmoil, waiting for the shareholders' meeting to decide on a new board of directors; DeSantis Unable to officiate at the World Cup, the image of Italian referees has suffered a devastating blow. (Huang Jin)

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19 matches involving match-fixing

Many Italian media recently reported that 19 matches suspected of being rigged were investigated by the Naples prosecutorial agency. Serie A games surfaced. The 19 "questionable games" in Serie A involved in this case all occurred in the 2004-2005 season. Italian Sky TV is preparing to play back the videos of these games one by one in the next few days. Among the 19 games under investigation, 8 were related to Juventus, and the three games between AC Milan in the middle and late seasons of the season were also included. In addition to the two giants in the north, Roma, Lazio, Fiorentina and other teams were all involved to varying degrees. Having an affair with the question ball. The following are the 19 Serie A games in the 2004-05 season that are suspected of being rigged: Round 10: Reggina 2-1 Juventus; Round 11: Juventus 1-0 Fiorentina; Round 12: Lecce 0-1 Juventus; Round 14: Juventus 2-1 Lazio, Fiorentina 1-0 Bologna; Round 15: Bologna 0-1 Juventus; Round 24: Juventus 2-1 Udinese; Round 25: Chievo 0-1 Lazio; Round 26: Lazio 2-0 Parma; Round 27: Roma 1-2 Juventus; Round 30: Fiorentina 3-3 Juventus , AC Milan 1-1 Brescia; Round 31: Bologna 1-2 Lazio, Siena 2-1 AC Milan; Round 32: AC Milan 1-0 Chievo; Round 35: Chievo 1-2 Fiorentina , Livorno 3-6 Siena; Round 37: Lazio 1-1 Fiorentina; Round 38: Lecce 3-3 Parma. In addition, Arezzo's 1-0 victory over Salernitana in the 38th round of the 2004-05 Serie B season was also included in the investigation. (Huang Jin)

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Buffon suspected of gambling

After long-term phone tapping, the Turin and Parma courts discovered that four Juventus players were involved in gambling. , respectively goalkeepers Buffon, Chimenti, and former Juventus players Maresca and Iuliano. They directly transferred the money into the current account. The investigation found that 7 accounts of *** were used. The currently suspected betting game is the cup match last season. Juventus was eliminated by Atalanta. Juventus lost 0-2 away and tied 3-3 at home, which does not meet the comparison of strength.

The Parma Prosecutor's Office pointed out last Friday that "there may be a private gambling gang in Parma that places large quantities of bets on domestic and foreign football leagues." At 9 a.m. last Saturday, Buffon arrived The Turin court was questioned and asked to explain his relationship with three other people suspected of gambling. The cross-examination lasted for two and a half hours. At 13:17, the Parma Court and the local military police searched the homes of four people. The four people were Brignoli, the former Parmalat Group warehouse keeper, Pellizzoni, the owner of an Internet cafe, and the remaining two people. The identity has not been released. The first of them, Brignoli and Buffon are good friends and have been dating for at least 6 years. They are suspected of being the middlemen connecting Buffon and other players to the gambling gang and organizing gambling. Pellizzoni's Internet cafe also had a relationship with Brignoli. The military police took away the computers, all notebooks, and some bills from the homes of the four people mentioned above, and waited for them to explain the source of these bills. The most important evidence is that huge sums of money often circulate between the two people's private accounts. The Parma court is currently investigating who starts the game between Buffon and Brignoli, triggering betting.

Buffon immediately made a "save" with his goalkeeper's sense of smell. He said in Turin: "I am innocent, I want to go to the World Cup. Yes, I am betting, but within the scope of the law. Internally, I abide by the rules and do not cheat.

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NetEase Sports July 4th: This morning, Beijing time, the Italian football scandal trial continued with the previous Thursday and this Monday. The progress of the trial is different. This time, Italian prosecutor Palachi and the trial court appeared to have a tough attitude. They have already drafted a specific punishment plan today, "Gazzetta dello Sport", "Football Market" and "Italian Sports". 》 and other media announced the news almost at the same time gt; Entering Serie B, Juventus will be punished more severely)

At 11:48, 18:00 Beijing time this afternoon, after discussion, prosecutor Palachi submitted the already drafted case against Juventus and AC Milan, Fiorentina, Lazio and other four clubs, as well as the specific terms of 26 individual penalties. With 5 days left before the final decision is made, it can be said that Palazzi's punishment measures will be finalized as follows. Specific penalties for the four clubs:

Juventus: relegated to League C, depriving Juventus of the Serie A championship in the 2004/05 season, and not granting Juventus the league championship in the 2005/06 season. . In the 2006/07 season in the C1 League, Juventus must start with a negative 6 points. Former Juventus chairman Giraudo and former general manager Moggi are prohibited from engaging in football-related jobs in the past 5 years. [Also: Capello has resigned as Juventus coach] [Italy’s No. 1 goalkeeper Buffon will also be transferred] [Relegation penalty announced, Juventus stock price avalanches, Roma is accused of escaping punishment]

AC Milan: The league results of the 2005/06 season were cancelled, and the ranking was changed to the last place in the league, so it was relegated to Serie B. At the same time, the 2006/07 Serie B season started with a negative 3 points, and AC Milan Vice Chairman Galliani was banned. Former AC Milan manager Meani is prohibited from engaging in football-related work in the past 2 years and fined 5,000 euros.

Fiorentina: Cancel the 2005/06 league results. , the ranking was changed to last place in the league, and was therefore relegated to Serie B. At the same time, the 2006/07 Serie B season started with a score of minus 15 points, banning Fiorentina boss Diego Della Valle from engaging in football for the past five years. Related work;

Lazio: Canceled the 2005/06 league results and changed its ranking to the last place in the league. Therefore, it was relegated to Serie B. At the same time, it finished with a minus-15 points in the 2006/07 Serie B season. Results begin. Lazio president Lotito is banned from football-related work within the past five years and fined 5,000 euros.

At the same time, Palazzi also announced penalties for other individuals, mainly including: prohibiting former Italian Football Association President Carraro from engaging in football-related work in the past five years and imposing a fine of 5,000 euros. The famous referee Paparesta was suspended for one year. Former referee appointees Bergamo and Paireto were banned from engaging in football-related work within the past five years and were fined 5,000 euros.

In addition, six referees including Bertini, Dondalini, Rodomonti, Messina, Rocchi and Tagliavento are banned from engaging in football-related work for five years. Work. Former referee observer Ingar Chaura, former assistant referee delegate Mazzei, assistant referees Babini and Pulisi are banned from engaging in football-related work for one year.