Serie A quartet will stand trial

[DmanDmythDledge]

Italian football heavyweights Juventus, AC Milan, Lazio and Fiorentina will all face a sports court over allegations of corruption in the game.
An Italian Football Federation (FIGC) statement said prosecutor Stefano Palazzi had charged a total of 30 "subjects" for a range of illegalities.

Twenty-six unnamed people - but no players - are also set to stand trial.

Hearings will begin next Wednesday, with those found guilty facing the prospect of fines, bans and relegation.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4993482.stm

[CollegeTillIDie]

They will probably name and shame the players implicated once the World Cup is over.

[Dotsy]

It looks like they are saying now that Pessotto was trying to commit suicide yesterday. Found clutching roseary beads apparently. Juventus say he is not implicated in the current investigation and this is unrelated. Seems a bit of a coincidence to me.

[Bully Bull]

It looks like they are saying now that Pessotto was trying to commit suicide yesterday. Found clutching roseary beads apparently. Juventus say he is not implicated in the current investigation and this is unrelated. Seems a bit of a coincidence to me.

His wife said he had been suffering from deprssion unrelated to any match fixing allegation.Irish times today say he is still critical.It would be a tragedy if he died.Hope he makes a full recovery.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Here here. Heard interviews with Paddy Agnew and some other English speaking journalists who have interviewed him over the years. Seems like a gentleman from what they say about him. Everyone in the game and out of the game has nothing but positive things to say about Pessotto. And he has a history of depression apparently.

[Sheridan]

Prosecutor Stefano Palazzi has requested the following punishments for the indicted clubs:

Juventus - relegation to Serie C1, in addition to six point deduction. Last two Serie A titles to be revoked.

Milan - relegation to Serie B, three point deduction.

Lazio - relegation to Serie B, fifteen point deduction.

Fiorentina - relegation to Serie B, fifteen point deduction.

[Dodge]

Prosecutor Stefano Palazzi has requested the following punishments for the indicted clubs:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/5145210.stm

[Poor Student]

How would this impact the places of these clubs in Europe?

[Schumi]

I think the case is designed to be finished before the Italian FA have to confirm their European entrants to UEFA so I assume any clubs relegated won't be in Europe.

[Dodge]

BBC article states they'd miss out on europe

[Sheridan]

This was flagged on usenet a couple of hours ago, always quicker than waiting for the news agencies to translate it from the vernacular.

Capello, Emerson, Zambrotta, Kaka and others are rumoured to be Madrid bound if the worst comes to the worst for their respective employers.

[pete]

Prosecutor Stefano Palazzi has requested the following punishments for the indicted clubs:

Juventus - relegation to Serie C1, in addition to six point deduction. Last two Serie A titles to be revoked.

Milan - relegation to Serie B, three point deduction.

Lazio - relegation to Serie B, fifteen point deduction.

Fiorentina - relegation to Serie B, fifteen point deduction.

Yeah seen that here (http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-07-04-voa18.cfm) too.

I believe its a real possibility as this is more than just the Italian FA so difficult to protect those clubs.

I think that would also mean 13 of the current World Cup squad would be relegated.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Prosecutor Stefano Palazzi has requested the following punishments for the indicted clubs:

Juventus - relegation to Serie C1, in addition to six point deduction. Last two Serie A titles to be revoked.

Milan - relegation to Serie B, three point deduction.

Lazio - relegation to Serie B, fifteen point deduction.

Fiorentina - relegation to Serie B, fifteen point deduction.

This will be AC Milan's second demotion to Serie B in less than 30 years for reasons off the field. Last time around, when they managed to get back into Serie A via promotion, they were bought by a former singer on a cruise ship. Wonder what became of him?:D

[CollegeTillIDie]

Following Greece's expulsion from international football at all levels including club, for political interference in the sport by government; Other countries may face a similar fate.

[Clifford]

The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) have confirmed the verdicts of the match-fixing trial involving Juventus, AC Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio will be announced after 7pm local time on Friday.

The announcement regarding the fate of the Serie A clubs, as well as the 25 people under investigation, will be read by the Federal Appeals Commission president Cesare Ruperto in Rome's Parco dei Principi hotel.

Television broadcasters and radio stations will not be allowed to transmit the verdict live.

[Dodge]

According to football 365, Juve down to Serie B and docked 15 points next season. Lazio and Fiorentina relegated. Milan stripped off title (and CL place) Docked points but NOT relegated

[Schumi]

Milan stripped of title
I thought this was only going back 2 seasons?

[gustavo]

This was flagged on usenet a couple of hours ago, always quicker than waiting for the news agencies to translate it from the vernacular.

Capello, Emerson, Zambrotta, Kaka and others are rumoured to be Madrid bound if the worst comes to the worst for their respective employers.
He's already there!

[drinkfeckarse]

I don't think he was when he posted it...

[BohsPartisan]

Disturbing headline! :D





Old Lady to go down

Juventus likely to be out of the top-flight for at least two seasons

Paul Doyle
Friday July 14, 2006
Guardian Unlimited




Juventus, Fiorentina and Lazio will all be demoted to Serie B for their roles in the match-fixing scandal that has tarnished Italian football, according to today's Gazzetta dello Sport.
The verdict of the long-running trial will not be officially revealed until 6pm this evening, but the newspaper claimed to already know the punishments that will be dished out.

"The verdict will be this: Juventus, Fiorentina and Lazio will be relegated to Serie B," claimed the Gazzetta confidently. "AC Milan will stay in Serie A but will not be allowed to take part in the Champions League."


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Without disclosing its source, the newspaper went on to insist it even knew the point deductions that each club would receive. Juventus, it said, will begin their Serie B campaign on minus 20 points, while Fiorentina will be penalised 10 and Lazio six or seven. Milan, meanwhile, will be docked 10 to 15 points.
After the verdict is formally announced tonight, the teams will have three days to appeal to a federal court of arbitration; a final decision must be reached by July 24.

The confirmation that three of the clubs are to be relegated is likely to spark a feeding frenzy as Europe's biggest teams close in to snatch talents such as Fabio Cannavaro, Gianluca Zambrotta and Gianluigi Buffon from Juventus and last season's Serie A top-scorer, Luca Toni, from Fiorentina.
















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[dancinpants]

From Breakingnews:


Juventus, Lazio, and Fiorentina have been relegated from Serie A as a result of the match-fixing scandal.

AC Milan have avoided relegation, but will start next season with a 15-point deficit, and have had 44 points taken from their tally for the 2005-06 season.

Juventus have been stripped of their Serie A titles for each of the last two seasons. They will start next campaign with a 30-point deficit.

Fiorentina will start in Serie B with a 12-point deficit and Lazio a seven-point deficit.

The rulings mean that none of the four clubs will be allowed to play in Europe next season.

In addition to the punishments handed to the clubs, a number of the individual directors were suspended.

Former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi has been suspended from all football for five years.

Adriano Galliani, who was AC Milan vice-president, has been suspended for one year.

The four clubs will have up to three days to appeal to the Federal Court but a final verdict has to be announced before July 25, when the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) must give UEFA, Europe’s football governing body, the list of teams that will compete in the continental club competitions in the 2006/07 campaign.


The scandal was uncovered as a result of a criminal investigation that was launched before the start of the 2004/05 campaign by the Naples prosecutors’ office.

Telephone conversations between Moggi and a referees supremo in charge of the appointments of officials during the 2004/05 season were tapped.

Prosecutors based their probe on hundreds of bugged telephone calls between referee selectors, game officials and Moggi.

At the close of trading on Milan’s stock exchange on Friday, Lazio shares had dropped 9.68% to 0.28 euros while Juventus went down to 1.45 euros – a fall of 1.15%.

An estimated 500 Lazio fans protested outside Rome’s Parco dei Principi hotel as Federal Appeal Commission president Cesare Ruperto read out the verdicts inside.

More than 300 Fiorentina fans met up outside the Artemio Franchi stadium as a sign of protest but it was a different story in Turin with few Juventus supporters turning up at the club’s headquarters in Via Galileo Ferraris.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Juventus's lawyer was trying to plea bargain last week looking for relegation to Serie B and willing to accept a 20 point deduction instead of demotion to Serie C1.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Juve are rumoured to be considering loaning out some of their top stars for the 2006/07 season. Although that was before they were facing a 30 point deduction.

[BohsPartisan]

I'm sure Gareth Farrelly will use his book of contacts to procure the services of some big name players from these teams!

[DmanDmythDledge]

From BBC,
Reggina have become the fifth club to be ordered to stand trial over allegations of match-fixing. An Italian Football Federation (FIGC) spokesman said its prosecutor, Stefano Palazzi, had charged the Serie A side with sporting fraud. The move comes after reports the telephone conversations of Reggina president, Lillo Foti, were tapped.