Italian football at it again ?

opr

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/italian-players-arrested-in-matchfixing-probe-2292033.html

The spectre of corruption returned to haunt Italian football yesterday when former star World Cup striker Beppe Signori was among 16 people arrested after investigators busted a football match-fixing operation that was so big police dubbed it a "proper criminal organisation".

In addition to Signori, who appeared in the 1994 World Cup final, police held other big-name players and club officials in towns across the country including Rome, Turin, Naples and Bologna. Magistrates claimed that players flunked matches for cash, while others were doped to ensure that they played badly.

The probe looks likely to rock Italian football just five years after the so-called Calciopoli scandal that led to Turin giants Juventus being relegated to the second division. In addition to the 16 arrested yesterday, another 12 people are officially under investigation in connection with the suspec-ted match-fixing scam.

Former Lazio and Bologna forward Signori, who retired in 2006, has been placed under house arrest. He is Serie A's eighth top scorer of all time with 188 goals. He was described as the "central element of a group of Bologna betters" involved in the scam, in an arrest warrant issued by Cremona investigating magistrate Guido Salvini.

In comments to the Ansa news agency, Signori said: "Have some mercy. I can't say anything. I will meet my lawyer and then he'll speak for me."

Atalanta's Cristiano Doni and former Sampdoria defender Stefano Bettarini, both of whom played international football for Italy, are also said to be under investigation.

Prosecutors said they had "important and irrefutable" evidence that the 16 were involved in manipulating results in 18 mostly Serie B (second division) and lower league matches in the season that has just come to an end, adding that Atalanta and Siena's promotion to the top flight may be in danger.

Police said the six-month investigation, triggered by a Serie B match in Cremona that aroused suspicion last year, had revealed the involvement of current footballers, club executives and sports betting operators. They said bets worth hundreds of thousands of euros had been placed on matches.

According to Mr Salvini, there was also a failed attempt to fix a Serie A match between Inter Milan and Lecce at the San Siro in March.

Opr

opr

Didn't see the other thread. Can one of the mods delete please.

Opr

dizzywizlw

AFAIK the other thread is about a different fix :P

Pinturicchio

This is the third thread that this has been posted in.

x in the city

Italian football is a joke, if FIFA were not as corrupt as the game in Italy it would have been flogged long ago.

Pinturicchio

x in the city wrote: »

if FIFA were not as corrupt as the game in Italy it would have been flogged long ago.

What?

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Turkish leage in bother too.

x in the city

Pinturicchio wrote: »

What?

A dyslexic 5 year old knows that Italian football is corrupt for years, if FIFA were not corrput m0therf00ks they would have it clamped out long ago.

sending Juve down a division did not seem to do much good...


but, ugh ugh, guess that sepp blatter is just as corrupt as the italians.

Renn

x in the city with some fascinating inside info here.

mar-z

Beyond the obvious major implications such a scandal has, I'm sad to see a player like Signori involved in this. Was a big favourit of mine back in my Football Italia watching days of the early 90's

DOC09UNAM

x in the city wrote: »

A dyslexic 5 year old knows that Italian football is corrupt for years, if FIFA were not corrput m0therf00ks they would have it clamped out long ago.

sending Juve down a division did not seem to do much good...


but, ugh ugh, guess that sepp blatter is just as corrupt as the italians.

Ummm, what the fúck does a dyslexic child have to do with anything?


Are you high?

tommyhaas

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

Ummm, what the fúck does a dyslexic child have to do with anything?

I assumed x was talking in the third person

losthorizon

At least the italians investigate and prosecute. (they have a lot to investigate) Other countrys dont. Just because you dont hear something doesnt mean it isnt happening. I mean we had that Panorama programme a few years ago. What happened to that dossier that was handed to the city of London police about fixed matchs last october in the championship and lower leagues? It just went quiet. Strange.

x in the city

prosecute...

sure they do..

look at Silvio Berlusconi, he is practically a mobster running the country.

what about the guy who moved down the Irish girl in rome, high as a kite...

did he get prosecuted...:rolleyes:

Im out of it, italian Football is cack.

forza italia!

DOC09UNAM

x in the city wrote: »

Im out of it.

That is blatantly obvious.

Renn

Amazing

steelcityblues

mar-z wrote: »

Beyond the obvious major implications such a scandal has, I'm sad to see a player like Signori involved in this. Was a big favourit of mine back in my Football Italia watching days of the early 90's

Is it just me, or did he always look like a cleaner version of Shaun Ryder?

x in the city

another rigged game tonight...

soon the odds on the draw for italian games will be less than evens for every game

Renn

Another rigged game?

Pinturicchio

Piacenza - AlbinoLeffe in the Serie B play-off? It finished 0-0.

Renn

Confirmed rigged from x in the city sources?

Pinturicchio

Renn wrote: »

Confirmed rigged from x in the city sources?

A dyslexic 5 year old must have told him.

Pinturicchio

Signori denies match-fixing

Former Lazio and Italy star Beppe Signori was interviewed by police in the betting scandal and denied attempting to fix Inter-Lecce.
The now retired striker is the most famous name in the group arrested by Cremona police with regards to an alleged betting ring around Serie A, B and Lega Pro.

He was interviewed for an hour by police this afternoon and did not speak to journalists, but his lawyer left a statement.

“Signori replied with a definitive ‘No’ to the proposal of fixing Inter-Lecce on March 15,” declared Silvio Caroli.

This is one of the games around which there were unusual betting patterns and wiretapped phone calls.

However, the bets were on at least three goals, whereas Inter ended up winning only 1-0.

x in the city

who cares, Italian football is still rubbish and their national team now is a joke also.


if they concentrated more on actual football and not rigging games they might be in a better position now.

Renn

Like I was saying, amazing.

steelcityblues

x in the city wrote: »

who cares, Italian football is still rubbish and their national team now is a joke also.


if they concentrated more on actual football and not rigging games they might be in a better position now.

Do you really think the other high profile leagues are immune to this?

Tip of the football corruption iceberg right now.

Paully D

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/3276/serie-a/2011/06/23/2544458/the-italian-football-betting-scandal-a-definitive-timeline