What happened to the Italian phone scandal?

On May 4, 2006, "Gazzetta dello Sport" suddenly published the contents of the phone calls between Juventus Club General Manager Moggi and the Serie A referee designator in recent years. The main contents of the phone recordings published were In 2004, the call record between Moggi and Paireto, who served as the Serie A referee designated referee for 6 seasons (1999-2005), kicked off the "Phonegate" incident.

On May 8, Football Association Chairman Carraro resigned, followed by Vice Chairman Mazzini, and the four major procuratorates, including Naples, Roma and Turin, began to intervene in the investigation.

On May 11, after the Juventus Board of Directors held its regular meeting for the third quarter of this season, Juventus officials immediately issued a statement announcing the collective resignation of the Juventus Board of Directors. Among the Juventus board of directors who resigned collectively include club chairman Stevens, vice chairman Bettega, chairman Giraudo, general manager Moggi, and Ifil investment group general manager San Albano , Blanc, Bertola, Cerruti, Chiapello, Pininfarina, Prete and Salaco.

On May 12, problematic referee DeSantis was disqualified from officiating at the World Cup. The investigation was fully launched, and it was reported that many teams, including AC Milan and Fiorentina, were suspected of match-fixing, and Buffon was personally involved in the gambling scandal.

On May 14, Serie A came to an end and Juventus successfully defended its title. Moggi announced his retirement from football. Shortly afterwards, Ranese, the chairman of the Italian Referees Committee, also resigned sadly.

On May 16, the Italian Olympic Committee appointed Rossi to temporarily manage the Football Association for six months.

On May 19, Juventus shares were suspended after plummeting 10.19% on the Milan Stock Exchange. On the same day, the director of the Italian Football Federation's investigation office, Papa, and his assistant resigned.

On May 20, Inter Milan president Facchetti was exposed for allegedly manipulating referees.

On May 23, after the resignation of Papa, the director of the Italian Football Association’s Investigation Office, Football Association Commissioner Rossi nominated former Milan prosecutor Borelli as the new director of the Italian Football Association’s Investigation Office. This move is considered to increase the number of cases. Big investigation into Italian football scandal. When Borrelli became the deputy director of the Italian Football Association's Investigation Office, he once said that the Italian football scandal will come to a conclusion in three weeks, that is, there will be a result around June 20.

On June 8, Borrelli, director of the Italian Football Association’s Investigation Office, announced that he would hand over the investigation conclusions to the prosecutor within seven days after the investigation into the Italian football scandal entered the third day.

On June 14, Juventus Club officially announced the appointment of Geely as the new chairman of the club, and former presidents Stevens and Boniperti will serve as honorary presidents.

On June 15, Rossi, the new president of the Italian Football Association, stated that a decision on who will face charges will be made around June 22. A formal court hearing on the case will be held around the 27th, and the trial results will be available from July 7th to 9th. FIFA will also decide at that time which teams will be punished.

On June 20, Borrelli, deputy director of the Italian Football Association’s Investigation Office, made it clear that Juventus and AC Milan were primarily responsible for the Italian football scandal that was exposed this time, while Lazio and Fiorentina were The responsibility is relatively light. According to the investigation results, Juventus is basically certain to be relegated to Serie B, and may even be relegated to Serie C or points will be deducted after being relegated to Serie B (rumored - starting from 9 points). At the same time, AC Milan is also likely to be relegated.

On June 22, the Italian Football Association announced the preliminary investigation results of the scandal, in which AC Milan, Juventus, Fiorentina, and Lazio will be sued and asked to be relegated. Juventus's last two league championships will be deprived.

On June 26 or 27, the Italian Football League will hear the case.

From July 7th to 9th, the case trial will be completed and the trial results will be announced.

On July 20, the Italian Football Federation will make the final conclusion of the appeal hearing, which means that the trial will have a final outcome.

At the end of July, the Italian Football Association will submit to UEFA the list of teams to participate in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup next season.

On August 28, the 2006/07 new season of Serie A begins.