In April 2021, all three clubs found themselves united in the European Super League project. We are not interested, nor are we able to establish, if Moggi and the other executives under investigation could influence the matches, but from our point of view we can highlight three hypotheses more than valid: either there was no referee conditioning in the 200405 championship, or it existed but did not produce relevant results, or it's possible to think of a clash between executives for the acquisition of the football system that gave rise to winning and losing clubs in that which we can define as a 'parallel championship.'" [62] Serio said he wanted to convict then-FIGC president Franco Carraro and remove Milan from European competitions but Sandulli, Salvatore Catalano, and Mario Sanino put him into minority. The environmental offence isn't a crime covered by any code, unless we're talking about air pollution. It's all documented. "[220] The Supreme Court commented that "the system of the arrangement of the [referee] grids was rather widespread", and the developments in the behavior of Inter Milan's Giacinto Facchetti and Milan's Leonardo Meani were not "deepened by the investigations". "[98] In retrospect, this decision in particular is criticized because it could have cleared Juventus' name and avoided relegation. This implicated league champions Juventus and several other clubs, including Fiorentina, Lazio, Milan, and Reggina. Meani e la designazione di Puglisi (art. If anything, I deserve praise for [the 16 trophies won on the pitch for the club]. [32] Journalist Christian Rocca commented: "I wonder why the Italian media say every possible abomination on the potential conflict of interest of Adriano Galliani, president of Lega [Calcio] and executive of Milan, but don't use the same criterion towards Guido Rossi, extraordinary commissioner of the [Italian Football] Federation and former executive of Moratti's Inter Milan from 1995 to 1999, and of Gigi Agnolin, appointed commissioner of referees but still former executive of Roma from 1995 to 2000 (instead of Moggi, look what a combination). Web202223 Juventus F.C. Until now, what I see is the violation of Article 1 of the Sports Justice Code, which requires members to behave according to the principles of loyalty, correctness, and probity. "[44], On 4 July 2006, the FIGC prosecutor Stefano Palazzi called for all four clubs at the centre of the scandal to be thrown out of Serie A. Palazzi called for Juventus "being excluded from the Serie A Championship and assigned to a lower category to Serie B with 6 points deducted",[46] while Fiorentina, Lazio, and Milan were to be also downgraded to last place in the 200506 Serie A and relegated to the 200607 Serie B. [100] Both Montezemolo and Tronchetti Provera were implicated in the SISMI-Telecom scandal,[101] but they were not processually involved. 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When I speak of 'legal abort' I take full responsibility for what I say. ", This call led observers to wonder whether Carraro made these recommendations to Bergamo because he knew that Juventus was being helped and was aware of the criminal association to would steer the championship as argued by the prosecution, or it was because he was aware of the different media reactions that occurred following a mistake in favour of Juventus. Today we produce a document which shows that on both occasions the referee slept in the hotel the same evening and didn't return home. WebThat's my point. "[111] Purceddu also highlighted how several aspects of the investigation needed to be clarified. [nb 1] Involving various clubs and numerous executives, both from the same clubs and from the main Italian football bodies (AIA[it], FIGC, and LNP), as well as some referees and referee assistants, the scandal was uncovered in May 2006, when a number of telephone tappings showed relations between clubs' executives and referee organizations during the football seasons of 200405 and 200506, being accused of selecting favourable referees. We thought that wiretapping was a prerogative of the fascist regime and instead, obviously, this isn't the case." Campionati irregolari per la giustizia ordinaria', "Tuttosport e Juventus contro: 'Basta, fate troppe critiche'. Pu nascere una nuova Calciopoli', "Juventus-Inter, 'pasillo' d'onore per i nerazzurri? [429] In 2021, Juventus and Inter Milan were two of three Italian clubs (the other was Milan) to take part to the European Super League project. In another TV broadcast, Corno stated: "May we say, with great honesty, that this Calciopoli sporting trial was a farce? However, Juventus was sent to Serie B all the same and someone else, who explicitly asked to be able to win a match and pilot the referee draw, received a scudetto as a gift. De Laurentiis stia zitto', "Moggi lancia l'allarme: 'Attenta Juve, come nel 2006 sei sotto attacco mediatico', "Moggi rivela: 'Galliani fece scoppiare Calciopoli perch Berlusconi mi voleva al Milan', "Moggi: 'Var inutile, l'Inter andava retrocessa', "Moratti: 'Calciopoli, truffa per l'Inter. Juve campione", "Arbitri in tv, la grande occasione per tutti. [213] Appeals by Fiorentina owners Andrea and Diego Della Valle and Lazio president Claudio Lotito against their sentences were rejected on the same ground, as their cases passed the statute of limitations. Uff. ', "Calciopoli, Tavaroli accusa ancora: 'L'Inter mi chiese di spiare Moggi', "Calciopoli, ora la Juve pensa alla richiesta danni di 444 milioni e dei 2 scudetti", "Tronchetti Provera: 'Ecco la verit su Telecom', "Recoba: 'Calciopoli? Juventus could be relegated and have Scudetto revoked, say FIFA and UEFA announced that they had the option to suspend the FIGC, barring all Italian clubs from international play, if Juventus went to court; some analysts, such as ESPN, described them as "FIFA threats". But of what we have read to date, it doesn't prove to me that there was an attempt to alter a match. When, for reasons of time, a degree of judgment is received, when the defendants are prevented from bringing witnesses, dossiers and films in their defence, but only 15 minutes are allowed for a defence, one can only speak of legal abort. [408] Upon being assigned the 2006 scudetto,[409] Inter Milan and their supporters called it scudetto degli onesti ("scudetto of the honests"). "[18] On the Borsa Italiana, Italy's stock market, Juventus shares had lost about half their 9 May value by the 19 May. Although popularly known as a match-fixing scandal and focused on Juventus, no match-fixing violations were found within the intercepted calls for Juventus, there were no requests for specific referees, no demands for favours, no conversations between Juventus directors and referees were found, and the season was deemed fair and legitimate. Moggi also said that Berlusconi wanted him at Milan, and during a private meeting to discuss the matter revealed to him that "the FIGC possessed some of [Moggi's] wiretaps without any criminal value, of which Galliani (then-vice-president of Milan and president of Lega Calcio), Carraro (then-president of the FIGC), [and] General Pappa, head of the investigations office of the FIGC, were also aware." "[438], After Calciopoli bis implicated almost every Serie A club and the Court of Appeal confirmed the extraneousness of Juventus, the club asked the two championships back in 2011 and sued the FIGC over 443 million in damage claims,[nb 59] updated to 581 million by 2016,[440] due to being unable to participate UEFA competitions, major money loss from TV rights, as the club was relegated to Serie B, and had to sell major players at cheap prices. [49], In the ruling, the Federal Commission of Appeal (CAF), a FIGC judicial court,[nb 7] stated that Juventus was not responsible for Fiorentina avoiding relegation, and that Moggi and Giraudo operated independently of Juventus and its owners. You mustn't question the efforts you've endured, so reff your match, there's none for anyone, so if I tell you mine right now if you have a doubt think more about who is behind rather than who is in front. Questi signori dovrebbero ringraziare di averla fatta franca. 36350 Anno 2015", "Perch gli juventini vengono chiamati 'gobbi', "Per non dimenticare: ecco la nonna di tutte le intercettazioni, Moggi che cucina la grigliata con Bergamo", "Moggi, Giraudo e Mazzini radiati ' una sentenza politica! Juventus was disadvantaged in the two league matches against Milan, with both Milan's. [nb 64] Both of those terms are included in Treccani's website as neologisms; in addition, the period after Calciopoli is termed post-Calciopoli. [10] The first major sport newspaper to anticipate and report the scandal was Milan-based La Gazzetta dello Sport, which also anticipated the subsequent court rulings. The court's Disciplinary Commission purposely ignored this defensive argument, and arguing that it was a reassessment of the facts not permitted at that time, no importance was given to the conduct of those other executives and clubs which had just emerged during the criminal trial. Balo? "[234][nb 34] 43.5% of the same sample said that the 200506 title "[should] not be awarded to anyone", compared to 33.7% who believed that the title should remain at Inter Milan, or be given to other clubs. Calciopoli (Italian pronunciation:[kaltpoli]) was a sports scandal in Italy's top professional association football league Serie A and to a lesser extent Serie B. Lawyer Gaetano Scalise commented: "The special commissioner of the FIGC has given us only three days to study thousands and thousands of papers and present briefs. "[346] With only Juventus relegated, the 200607 Serie B championship had better TV ratings than the 200607 Serie A championship. All this is also documented through very explicit phone call records. [124] Since the conversations were through foreign SIM cards, the Italian police could not tap them, so they could only try to match together phone numbers, numbers called, and places; nonetheless, it were those SIM cards that ultimately proved, not without controversy, to be the reason for Moggi's conviction, whose charges had been reduced to be close enough to "the limit of the existence of the crime of attempt". In regard to the dispute between the FIGC and Juventus, Moggi responded to then-FIGC president Carlo Tavecchio: "From the trials, it turns out that there has been no alteration of the championship, there has been no alteration of the referee grids, even 30 referees were acquitted of the charges. [36] After the first penalties were handed out, more clubs were looked at for possible links to the scandal. "[358] Journalist Giuseppe Cruciani stated: "I'm not a Juventus fan. Although containing nothing truly compromising, it recorded Moggi and Marcello Lippi (former coach of Juventus and coach of Italy national football team at that time) insulting Inter Milan president Massimo Moratti and Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini. Therefore Juventus [is] exempt from crimes referred to in Art. It stays between you and me, I hope. ", "Giuliano Tavaroli e lo scandalo Telecom-Sismi: 'in Italia un network eversivo, mentono tutti', "Assolti in aula? [164], During the Naples trial, Moggi's lawyer Maurilio Prioreschi asked the court to take in consideration that between 2006 (the year of the first sentences) and 2011 (the year of the sentence on Moggi's lifetime ban) numerous hearings were held during the criminal trial in Naples, from which wiretaps involving other club executives that, according to Moggi's legal defence, would drop the basic assumption of the 2006 sports conviction, namely that relating to the conditioning of the referees thanks to the preferential treatment by the referee designators towards Moggi and Juventus, which in turn led to the sporting offence. Non era rigore', "Guido Rossi, borghese di lotta e di governo che criticava la finanza. And he wanted an expert, one who could stand up to these here. ', "Uno studio ha contato i torti arbitrali dell'ultimo campionato", "Zola-Martins, tutto in un minuto ma il Cagliari contesta l' arbitro", "Testo della decisione relativa al Comm. ", As the most successful domestic club and one of the most titled clubs at the continental level, Juventus won its first, About the allegations, Moggi responded: "There's only one reality. [120] Although it was deemed likely, or almost certain,[121] that the FIGC would revoke Inter Milan's scudetto,[119] and despite Juventus' appeals to have it revoked even without giving it back to Juventus,[5] it did not happen; the FIGC's Federal Council voted to declare itself not competent. Milan's entry was confirmed by UEFA shortly after the appeals process, and Milan went on to win the competition. [388][nb 57] De Santis felt that he was the sole referee to pay, as he was the only convicted referee,[399] and stated: "The 20042005 championship was regular. E su Belotti", "Zeman: 'Io sono juventino dalla nascita. Accadde un fatto strano', "Speciale Calciopoli: G+I /1, la 'dottrina Meani', "Agnelli saluta Thohir con una battuta: 'La capitale dell'Indonesia? Serio added: "We tried to interpret a collective sentiment. "[72], Citing numerous quotes, Emanuele Boffi for Tempi wondered whether the real scandal was the way it was told, and how through "[p]ages and pages of poison reports" the defendants "Moggi & co were already convicted before the sentences." Su Higuain e Icardi', "Calciopoli, tra Juve e Inter guerra aperta: clamorosa idea di Andrea Agnelli", "Calciopoli, Porceddu: 'Un errore dare scudetto all'Inter', "Franco Rossi getta nuove ombre sull'Inter: 'Moratti prima di replicare ad Agnelli, restituir alla Lazio la coppa Uefa del 1998? ", "Gol di Muntari, confessione Tagliavento scatena il putiferio", "Il goal fantasma di Muntari, la rete annullata a Matri e qualcos'altro: i momenti chiave del Milan-Juventus di Tagliavento", "Il nuovo corso arbitrale: la Juve ha rubbato", "Il Parma: 'Gol valido' La rabbia della Lazio", "Inter-Juve 2018, De Santis: 'Pecoraro? About one wiretap in which Giraudo stated of a referee that "if he's smart, he halves Udinese", De Santis commented: "'I enjoyed downloading the call times from the internet. A 2-1 victory over Vicenze, with David Trezeguet and Del Piero on the scoresheet, got the monkey off their back, and they didn't look back from there. Strapotere su Figc e tv', "Calciopoli, clamorosa intercettazione! When I hear from Commissioner Rossi that he will do everything himself and that can come to judgment even without questioning, there is something that does not add up." [343], Francesco Cossiga, former President of Italy and Prime Minister of Italy, criticized the scandal's effect on individuals, such as then-Juventus player Gianluca Pessotto attempting suicide,[344] and compared it to the Mani pulite scandal's aftermath. Spurs get their man! James Maddison unveiled as a Tottenham The verdict of 2006, made in a hurry, was acceptable, that of Naples was not. E se lo scandalo fosse il modo con cui ce l'hanno raccontato? ', "Juventus-Inter, Calciopoli archiviata: ottimi rapporti tra Agnelli e Zhang", "Calciopoli, caccia agli scudetti. "[364], After the Naples trial, Carlo Rossini reported that "Juventus has been acquitted, the offending championships (2004/2005 and 2005/2006) have been declared regular, and the reasons for the conviction of Luciano Moggi are vague; mostly, they condemn his position, that he was in a position to commit a crime. ", La Repubblica described the match as being refereed in favour of Inter Milan, commenting that "[Inter Milan goalkeeper] Carini makes a mess on a harmless ball that comes from the middle of the field, touching it with his hands a meter outside the area with practically no opponents in front: Bertini should eject him but only gives him a yellow-card (yet the rule would speak clearly), thus distorting the continuation of the match." "[5] Moggi's legal defence commented: "This trial starts with about fifty suspects including referees and [referee] assistants plus the leaders of the [Italian Football] Federation, today this mega criminal association is reduced to two referees and three matches. E quei faldoni spariti", "Calciopoli, clamorosa svolta per Giraudo: la Corte Europea accetta il ricorso, ecco cosa pu succedere", "Calciopoli, Luciano Moggi cita il giornalista Guido Vaciago: 'Non servono le sentenze di Cassazione per riscrivere la storia', "Calciopoli, Moggi: 'Se la Corte Europea ha accettato il ricorso significa che ci sono elementi di cui parlare', "Calciopoli, il TAR dichiara inammissibile il ricorso della Juventus", "Il goal di Turone in Juventus-Roma 1980/81 annullato per fuorigioco: la madre di tutte le polemiche arbitrali", "Luciano Moggi a Snaps: 'Calciopoli? [195] The first alleged altered championship was one year after the Inter MilanJuventus' second leg match, and the first year with Pairetto and Bergamo as referee designators. Giraudo stated: "We take our leave, but you will see that bandits will com Yet the invitation to Facchetti and Galliani I did by phone! But [5] victories. Navarra, one of the authors, wrote: "In addition, in the study we also took into account the strength of the opponents faced by the teams involved. In a circle of twenty clubs there was a way of behaving that emerged from the proceedings, but now the Juventus fan thinks he was the only one to pay because the others did the same things. [356] In 2020, Carraro stated that the only thing he blamed himself for Calciopoli was not having substituted Bergamo and Pairetto earlier with Collina, and reiterated that Juventus would still have won had the scandal not happened because it was the best team.[357]. [210], On 23 March 2015, the Supreme Court of Cassation, Italy's highest court of appeal, ruled in its final resolution, which came after six hours of deliberation,[211] that Moggi was acquitted of "some individual charges for sporting fraud, but not from being the 'promoter' of the 'criminal conspiracy' that culminated in Calciopoli." [447] The diatribe between the FIGC and Juventus intensified when Juventus won the club's first championship since the scandal, and continued to add, on both its website and stadium, the two championships from 2005 and 2006 during the club's record streak of nine-consecutive league titles;[448][nb 60] this caused some skirmishes between the FIGC and Juventus when Italy football team had to play at the Juventus Stadium, and the club's number of scudetti had to be covered.