[dst]

Members of Forza Italia, the political party of former Italian prime minister
Silvio Berlusconi, are calling for a fooball amnesty as the trial into
alleged match-fixing continues.

The initiative for the amnesty has come from Mauricio Paniz, an MP
of Forza Italia and a Juventus supporter.However, special prosecutor
Stefano Palazzi's recommendation
on Milan's relegation have enraged Berlusconi, who is trying
to portray this as a Juventus scandal.

The Milan boss is demanding that the Italian Football Federation (FIGC)
strip Juventus of the two Scudetti they won in the last two seasons. and hand
them to Milan.

However, Sports Minister Giovanna Melendri has ruled out any amnesty
for the clubs implicated in the scandal.

"It is stupid to talk of an amnesty. Soccer needs major reform, " said Melandri.

"The national team's matches are one thing, the sporting trials are another.
Let's keep them separate."

Meanwhile, Internazionale's chairman, Massimo Moratti, who is a friend of
prime minister Romano Prodi, is unimpressed by his two big rivals' alleged
behaviour and unsympathetic towards their current predicament.

He believes that the Scudetto should be given to Inter as the third-placed
team in Serie A.

Moratti is widely respected within Italian football as a man of integrity.

Asked the question, "What do you think of a Serie A without
Milan and Juventus? Would you be nostalgic?"

He replied: "No, I certainly wouldn't feel nostalgic."


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This post has been edited by dst: Jul 6 2006, 12:26 PM

[han2503]

Why should he be nostalgic when he is the one behind this and the one that will profit from this