[TriniKing_CE]

Calciopoli...Is it really Inter's doings? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

In the summer of 2006 the Calciopoli scandal rocked Italian football, leading to severe punishment of a whole host of top Serie A clubs, including Juventus, Milan, Lazio, Fiorentina and Reggina.

Juventus were the team most severely penalised, as they and former general manager Luciano Moggi were accused and found guilty of illegally influencing the Italian championship, including the referees.

The Bianconeri were stripped of their 2005 and 2006 Scudetti, the latter which was awarded to third placed Inter, while they were sent down to Serie B with an eventual nine point penalty. Milan, Fiorentina, Lazio and Reggina remained in the top-flight, albeit with point penalties.

Since then crisis numerous conspiracy theories have been spawned, and most of these have centred around Inter’s alleged involvement in ensuring that Juventus were severely punished.

The man who controlled the Calciopoli trial, Guido Rossi, was a former Inter employee and investor, while the chairman of Telecom Italia at the time (Marco Tronchetti Provera), the company who intercepted the phone calls that brought Juventus and the other teams down, is a big Inter shareholder and a close friend of Moratti. This had all led to claims by fans, in particularly Juventini, that Calciopoli was one big set-up arranged by Moratti and Inter to destroy Juve and change the balance of power in Italian football.

However, others will say that the facts remain that Juventus were found guilty in a court of law, and therefore they can have no complaints. For years and years they were suspected of wrongdoing, and eventually they paid for it. Moggi wielded his political power in an illegal way, and he controlled the Italian system through many people - referees, agents etc.

Nevertheless almost all Juventus fans refuse to recognise the legality of Calciopoli, and they have made it clear that they have won 29 Scudetti, and not the 27 that the Italian league now recognises. Chief executive Jean Claude Blanc today stated that one day the truth will be revealed about what really happened during Calciopoli.

[morgoth]

I think every big italian club has something to do with calciopoli, juve were relegated because, for obvious reasons, they were the ones who did the most, but it doesn't mean that Milan, merda or the ss did nothing at all. What the merda did is taking it into a court!