What scandal is the Serie A scandal?

On May 4th, Gazzetta dello Sport revealed the contents of the telephone conversation between General Manager Moggi of Juventus (Juventus News, Juventus Speak) and Serie A referee appointed by Paireto in recent years, which started the "Telephone Gate" scandal.

On May 8-1, Italian Football Association President carraro and Vice President Mazzini announced their resignations. Four major procuratorates, including Naples, Rome (Rome news, let's talk about it) and Turin, began to intervene in the investigation.

On May 11th, the board of directors of Juventus, including Giraudo and Moggi, resigned collectively.

On May 13th, the newspaper * * * reported that 18 Serie A matches in the 24-25 season were investigated, and 12 of them were suspected of using referees to obtain favorable results. Italian referee De Santis, who was involved in the scandal, was disqualified from refereeing the World Cup in Germany.

On May 2th, the president of Inter Milan (Inter Milan News, let's talk about Inter Milan) was exposed for allegedly manipulating the referee.

On May 23rd, after Pappa, director of the investigation office of the Italian Football Association, resigned, the Commissioner of the Football Association Rossi nominated former Milan prosecutor borrell as the new director of the investigation office of the Italian Football Association.

On June 8th, borrell, director of the investigation office of the Italian Football Association, announced that he would hand over the investigation conclusion to the prosecutor in seven days after the investigation on the scandal of Italian football (football news, football talk) entered the third day.

On June 14th, Juventus officially announced the appointment of Geely as the new president of the club.

On June 22nd, the Italian Football Association announced the preliminary investigation results of the scandal, in which AC Milan, Juventus, Florence and Lazio were prosecuted.

On July 4th, the penalty proposal of Calciopoli scandal: All four clubs involved in Calciopoli scandal will face the penalty of demotion, of which Juve will be relegated to the third class and the other three will be relegated to Serie B..

On July 15th, the results of the first trial were announced:

Juventus: the result of the 24-5 season was judged as the last in the league, and it was deprived of the championship title; 5-6 season champion title was cancelled at the same time; In the 26-7 season, he was reduced to Grade B and deducted 3 points; Former club executives Moggi and Giraudo were banned from football activities for five years.

Florence: in 26-7, she was relegated to the second division and deducted 12 points; Delavallee, the president of the club, was banned from participating in football activities for three years and six months, while Thieg, his brother as honorary president of the club, was banned for four years.

Lazio: In the 26-7 season, they were relegated to the second division and deducted 7 points; Lotito, the president of the club, was banned from participating in football activities for three years.

AC Milan: retain the qualification of Serie A, but deduct 15 points in the new season; Deduct 44 points from the points in the 25-6 season and lose the qualification to participate in the Champions League in the new season; Adriano Galliani, the vice president of the club, was banned from participating in football activities for one year, while Leonardo Mini, the official, was banned for three years and six months.

Officials of the referee organization: Bergamo, the referee's designee, was punished for an extension, and pareto was forbidden to work for 2 years and 6 months; Chairman Ranise was banned from working for two years and six months, Deputy Commissioner Mazier was banned from working for one year, and observers were warned because of Gagiola. Referee: De Santis was suspended for 4 years and 6 months, Dongtalini was suspended for 3 years and 6 months, and Papa Resta was suspended for 3 months; Rodomondi, Potigny, messina, Rocchi and Tagliavento will not be punished; Linesman Pugris and Babbini banned referees from working for one year. Italian Football Association officials: Former Football Association President carraro stopped working for four years and six months, and Vice President Mazny was banned for five years.

On July 25th, the result of the second trial:

Juventus: relegated to the second division and deducted 17 points; Cancel the league title in the past two seasons; Three home games were banned.

Florence: restored to Grade A qualification but deducted 19 points; 5-6 season points were deducted by 3 points; Three home games were banned; Club officials Delavallee brothers were banned for 3 years; Mencucci was suspended for two years and six months.

Lazio: resumed the qualification of Class A but was deducted 11 points; 5-6 season points were deducted by 3 points; 2 home games were banned; Club official Lotito was suspended for two years and six months.

AC Milan: Retained Grade A qualification but deducted 8 points; 5-6 season points were deducted by 3 points; One home game was banned. Club official Galliani was suspended for 9 months; Miani (AC Milan, resigned) was suspended for two years and six months;

Officials of the refereeing body: pareto was suspended for three years, while Ranise was suspended for two years and six months, because Gagiola was warned. Referee: De Santis was suspended for four years, Babbini, mazzei and Pugris were suspended for six months, and Papa Resta was suspended for three months, with no penalty for Daolini. Italian Football Association official: former Football Association President carraro fined 8, euros; Mazny, former vice president of the Football Association, was banned for five years.

On October 5th, the Federal Arbitration Tribunal lifted the ban on referee Gianluca PapaResta.

On October 28th, after an appeal, Juventus and Lazio were awarded 8 points less on the current basis, which reduced Juventus' Serie B penalty from 17 points to 9 points. Lazio's Serie A deduction was reduced from 11 points to 3 points; Florence's penalty was also reduced from 19 points to 15 points, and only AC Milan's penalty of 8 points was upheld.

On December 4th, bergamo, former referee coordinator of Italian Football Association, revealed in an interview that Inter Milan was actually the club that contacted him most frequently.

On December 12th, Reggina's appeal was successful, and the previous penalty of 15 points was reduced to 11 points.

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An accident led to the biggest scandal in football

26 is not an ordinary World Cup year, and it is destined to occupy an important chapter in the history of football. Because in May of this year, a match-fixing scandal broke out in Italy that shocked the world. The suspected clubs were well-known teams such as Juventus, AC Milan, Florence and Lazio.

Because the scandal was revealed, the telephone recording from the Italian local procuratorate was called "Telephone Gate", but in Italy, it is called calciopoli scandal, and Italian "calciopoli" means "football corruption".

"Football corruption" is not a new term in European football, including the demotion of AC Milan and Lazio in the early 198s, the Marseille case in the early 199s, and the referee scandal of Hoyzer in the Bundesliga last season. Due to special reasons such as country, humanities and history, there are more rumors of match-fixing in Italian football than in the other three major leagues. Corruption and fraud are everywhere in the government, not to mention the football circle, which is less restricted by law and involves a lot of interests.

The exposure of the "Calciopoli" scandal just confirms the long-standing suspicion of Serie A..

It turns out that the "holy alliance" of Juventus-Milan really exists!

It turns out that Sensi, the boss of Rome, always made remarks against the Northern Group in the past, which is not groundless!

It turns out that the "referee's care" Juve has been receiving is not to add insult to injury!

It turns out that big teams can really appoint referees before the game!

It turns out that the giants can really say hello to the small teams in advance to send points ...

There are so many things, and in short, it has opened the shiny coat of Serie A, revealing a scar.

The Italian judiciary has been aware of the need to clean up football for a long time. Whether it's the case of Juventus players taking medicine and high-level false accounts, or the rumors that players are often involved in gambling, and the illegal operation of GEA brokerage company, which is the son of former general manager Moggi of Juventus, all attract local procuratorates to investigate football deeply. It's just that they didn't expect that in this series of follow-up investigations, a more shocking and terrible "Telephone Gate" scandal was unexpectedly dug up. Compared with the previous events, the events that Moggi Group manipulated referees for many years are the "big fish".

The core area of Telephone Gate storm should be Naples. The local procuratorate was supposed to investigate the underground gambling case in the 23/24 season, and the investigation involved anti-mafia materials. In these materials, the accusation of Venetian Club President Darqin against Moggi appeared: "There is a referee group being manipulated by Moggi", so their prosecutors locked Moggi, former referee distributor Pairetto and former Football Association Vice President Mazini.

At the same time, other local procuratorates are also investigating football from different aspects. The contents of the recording first disclosed in the "Telephone Gate" scandal were provided by the Turin Procuratorate, in order to find out the unresolved drug ban case in Juventus and the financial problems of Giraudo, Moggi and others. Unfortunately, their eavesdropping time is too short (two months before and after the 24/25 season), and the content does not constitute a legal prosecution other than sports justice. At this time, thanks to the Naples Procuratorate, they completed the eavesdropping work for a whole year and provided the most valuable evidence in this "telephone door".

trial process: the storm of the century turned into a political struggle

There is a positive name for "Telephone Gate", which is called "Clean Foot Movement", which exemplifies the "Clean Hands Movement" in politics in the early 199s. At that time, the "Clean Hands Movement" uncovered the shady scene of post-war Italian political corruption and triggered a strong political earthquake. To the outside world, the "Telephone Gate" is a scandal, but in the hearts of Italians, they hope that the outbreak of this scandal will help eradicate the cancer that has been growing in Italian football for many years and make Italian football clean and healthy again. The name "Net Foot Movement" is a reflection of this mood.

Thunder from the ground

At the beginning of May, another boring season monopolized by Juventus is coming to an end, and they are about to win the Serie A championship for the 29th time. At this time, however, various media reported that the evidence of Moggi's appointment as a referee was in the hands of the judiciary. A stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the incident expanded rapidly in a few days. The evidence obtained by local procuratorates was exposed in the form of telephone recording, and Milan, Lazio and Florence fell successively, with Juventus as the absolute protagonist.

Moggi has caused countless controversies and troubles to Juve, but he has been able to solve them by magic every time. Everyone thought that this time it would be the same result. However, on May 1th, three days after Juve defeated Palermo 2-1 at home, the board of directors of Juve, headed by Moggi, Giraudo and Betega, resigned collectively! All of a sudden, the eyes of the whole world were attracted to Serie A, and people had a premonition of the seriousness of the situation.

There is a huge difference between the first trial and the second trial

From the first trial and the second trial to the arbitration of the Olympic Committee, the difference in the verdict of "Telephone Gate" is surprising. The most crucial one is the second trial that ended on July 25. Before the announcement of the results, the presiding judge Sandurri announced in advance that "there is no problem in the league". Under this background, all four teams were greatly reduced: Juve's penalty points were changed from 3 to 17, Florence and Lazio returned to the first division, and Milan could play the Champions League after deducting the points.

What's more strange is that in the first trial, all parties demanded that the guilty team be severely punished, but in the second trial, it was clearly stated that there was no match-fixing and all referees were acquitted. Obviously, after the passion faded, the Italians witnessed the departure of several stars, and began to fear that the big games would plunge Serie A into the abyss of perdition. At this time, both the official tone and the public opinion were developing in the direction of minimizing the consequences.

The most obvious one is the punishment of the scandal protagonist Juventus. In the punishment proposal of the former judge palazzi, he advocated that he should be relegated to the league below the second division, and 3 points should be deducted. According to this punishment, Juve will be destroyed, and as a result, all parties did not dare to do so after consultation, because Juve is the blood of Serie A after all.

under the high pressure of FIFA, the four teams "compromised"

After the commutation, the four teams still had their own dissatisfaction, threatening to appeal to the civil court in Lazio, and even to the sports arbitration court in Lausanne. This practice is making FIFA's big taboo-they dislike the involvement of institutions other than football, and they use the disqualification of all international competitions in Italy as a warning. The Italian Football Association had to make concessions to four teams, so on August 29th, Juve, who had been tough before, suddenly gave up the appeal.

With the start of the league on September 9th, the teams gradually accepted the reality, and Juve began their first Serie B season in 19 years' history. However, the "telephone door" always has to be settled. On October 27th, the final judgment was issued, and Juve really got a reduced sentence, as did Florence and Lazio. Only AC Milan, who participated in the Champions League with the special approval of UEFA, kept the penalty of 8 points unchanged. Florence still insisted on appealing because of the reduced penalty points, but gave up after a few days of uproar.

Inter Milan is dirtier? Eternal mystery

What role does Inter Milan play in the "Telephone Gate" is also the most sensitive topic. At the beginning of May, after the incident between Juventus and Milan, Moratti immediately stood up and asked for the "League title taken away by Juventus", stating that Inter Milan is the cleanest team in Serie A. With the support of the newly-appointed Football Association Commissioner Rossi, the sports court awarded the Serie A title of the previous season to Inter Milan. Many people have suggested that Rossi once worked for Inter Milan and was also a director of Telecom Italia owned by Tronchetti, the second boss of Inter Milan. Such an identity cannot but make people suspicious.

Sure enough, just as Inter Milan swept away in Serie A, Tronchetti was suspected of being involved in the eavesdropping scandal of Telecom Italia (referee De Santis accused Inter Milan of manipulating Telecom Italia to eavesdrop and follow him illegally in 22), and Moratti was also summoned. After investigation, it was found that Telecom Italia had monitored many Serie A referees by telephone, and the number reached several hundred. Later, it was revealed that Inter Milan also eavesdropped on former star vieri (vieri News, vieri's Speak), which made Moratti very embarrassed.

It's hard for the outside world to believe in the innocence of Inter Milan. Besides, the "phone door" already contains the evidence that Inter Milan President Faccetti also sought the referee. However, at this time, a storm has died down and come to an end. Half a year's tossing has seriously damaged Italian football. It seems that no one wants to see Inter Milan, the only giant left in Serie A, hit hard again. Besides, since Faccetti has passed away, it is difficult to start an investigation.

In this context, whether the referee appointed bergamo to testify that "Inter Milan is actually dirtier than Juventus" before December 3, or Tavaroli, director of the security and monitoring department of Telecom Italia, confessed to the prosecutor at the detention center before December 25 that the eavesdropping of Inter Milan was to bring down Moggi and Juventus, it was just two small waves that could not lift the waves, and there was no greater force to turn it into a second storm.

■ "Hurt people"

Fans: "Telephone Gate" told them to leave the stadium

The tide of "Telephone Gate" receded, but it was not a beautiful white beach, but a swamp. In the black mud, the prosperity and glory of Serie A in the past are buried, and the hope of Italians to revive the glory of Serie A is buried. But no one knows when this league will recover.

In every league match, there are lots of empty stands, and the fans' growing dissatisfaction and venting is the most true reflection of the tragic situation of the Great Depression in Serie A after the scandal. After all, winning the World Cup is only