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Titolo: Italy in crisis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/5034522.stm
The corruption scandal engulfing Italy has left the country with a real 
sense of shame.
Former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi is alleged to have fixed 
matches and pretty much controlled the Italian league.
It is claimed he had control of some of the top referees and administrators 
as well as over 220 players through an agency run by his son Alessandro, and 
the son of Italian coach Marcello Lippi, Davide.
AC Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio are also caught up in the scandal as are the 
national team, who are preparing for the World Cup.
FOOTBALL ITALIA: THE BIG FIX
Five Live Sport
BBC Radio Five Live
1 June 2006, 1900-2200
Italy, and the whole of European football, has not seen anything like this 
before.
I travelled there for three days last week to try and speak to the main 
players.
After a marathon 22-hour day, we cornered the owner of Palermo, Rino Foschi, 
in a restaurant at 0100 to gauge his views on what has been going on.
Foschi was having dinner with the directors of Sampdoria and Fiorentina in a 
restaurant in Milan and I managed to persuade him to have a brief 
conversation on tape with me.
The scene was like something out of a Godfather film, and I half expected 
Robert de Niro or Al Pacino to be sitting at the next table.
I also spoke to Giuseppe Gazzoni-Frascara, the former owner of Bologna. The 
club was relegated in 2005 and Gazzoni-Frascara told me it was as a result 
of the "Moggi system".
Moggi resigned after Juventus won the Italian championship last month
He claimed that Bologna were not prepared to sign up and ended up being 
relegated instead of Fiorentina.
I set out to speak to Moggi himself, which none of the Italian media has 
managed to do - and I got very close.
Through various intermediaries he finally agreed for me to fly and meet him 
in Turin but it got vetoed by his lawyer, which was very frustrating.
However, we did manage to get the country's new sports minister, Giovanna 
Melandri, who said Italian football fans have suffered a great wound but 
insisted that things could be sorted out.
And I will be discussing the issue with Fifa president Sepp Blatter, world 
football's most senior figure, to get his take on the scandal.
My feeling as I left Italy was that the whole of their national game is in 
danger of imploding. How they are going to clean up a mess which is so 
interwoven?
Juve's title celebrations may be shortlived
This was highlighted at a press conference where Italian League president 
and AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani was speaking.
Some Italians believe he should have known what was going on and at the 
press conference a mob of about 50 fans gathered outside chanting and 
letting off smoke bombs. It was all pretty scary.
Juventus fans are in a particularly terrible position. They could see their 
club relegated to Serie B or even go out of business if the Agnelli family 
decides to stop funding the club.
There is real urgency here because all the national federations have to give 
Uefa the official lists of clubs who are competing in the Champions League 
and the Uefa Cup by 27 July.
Italian football will have to come up with some pretty strong answers and 
satisfy Uefa that they are in the process of cleaning up the game.
They have not got long to do this and there is the possibility that the 
biggest brands in world football like Juventus and AC Milan may not feature 
in Europe next season.
SEE ALSO
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14 May 06 |  Europe
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12 May 06 |  Europe
Juve boss quits amid fixing probe
14 May 06 |  Europe
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 The corruption scandal engulfing Italy has left the country with a real 
sense of shame.
Former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi is alleged to have fixed 
matches and pretty much controlled the Italian league.
It is claimed he had control of some of the top referees and administrators 
as well as over 220 players through an agency run by his son Alessandro, and 
the son of Italian coach Marcello Lippi, Davide.
AC Milan, Fiorentina and Lazio are also caught up in the scandal as are the 
national team, who are preparing for the World Cup.
FOOTBALL ITALIA: THE BIG FIX
Five Live Sport
BBC Radio Five Live
1 June 2006, 1900-2200
Italy, and the whole of European football, has not seen anything like this 
before.
I travelled there for three days last week to try and speak to the main 
players.
After a marathon 22-hour day, we cornered the owner of Palermo, Rino Foschi, 
in a restaurant at 0100 to gauge his views on what has been going on.
Foschi was having dinner with the directors of Sampdoria and Fiorentina in a 
restaurant in Milan and I managed to persuade him to have a brief 
conversation on tape with me.
The scene was like something out of a Godfather film, and I half expected 
Robert de Niro or Al Pacino to be sitting at the next table.
I also spoke to Giuseppe Gazzoni-Frascara, the former owner of Bologna. The 
club was relegated in 2005 and Gazzoni-Frascara told me it was as a result 
of the "Moggi system".
Moggi resigned after Juventus won the Italian championship last month
He claimed that Bologna were not prepared to sign up and ended up being 
relegated instead of Fiorentina.
I set out to speak to Moggi himself, which none of the Italian media has 
managed to do - and I got very close.
Through various intermediaries he finally agreed for me to fly and meet him 
in Turin but it got vetoed by his lawyer, which was very frustrating.
However, we did manage to get the country's new sports minister, Giovanna 
Melandri, who said Italian football fans have suffered a great wound but 
insisted that things could be sorted out.
And I will be discussing the issue with Fifa president Sepp Blatter, world 
football's most senior figure, to get his take on the scandal.
My feeling as I left Italy was that the whole of their national game is in 
danger of imploding. How they are going to clean up a mess which is so 
interwoven?
Juve's title celebrations may be shortlived
This was highlighted at a press conference where Italian League president 
and AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani was speaking.
Some Italians believe he should have known what was going on and at the 
press conference a mob of about 50 fans gathered outside chanting and 
letting off smoke bombs. It was all pretty scary.
Juventus fans are in a particularly terrible position. They could see their 
club relegated to Serie B or even go out of business if the Agnelli family 
decides to stop funding the club.
There is real urgency here because all the national federations have to give 
Uefa the official lists of clubs who are competing in the Champions League 
and the Uefa Cup by 27 July.
Italian football will have to come up with some pretty strong answers and 
satisfy Uefa that they are in the process of cleaning up the game.
They have not got long to do this and there is the possibility that the 
biggest brands in world football like Juventus and AC Milan may not feature 
in Europe next season.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/5034522.stm
 

 Former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi,ceo of FIAT,president of the norther alliance party,secessionist,member of the ku
klux klan,presently CEO of mediaset,at least that's what switters and
"the guardian" said.
And now,let's switch to the next article,in which we'll debate about the
breath-taking victory of wigan against fuckers united,after an exciting
table tennis game,ended 16-14.
-- 
Swit: preferisco di piu' "respirare" l'ambiente allo stadio piu' che
vedere la partita troppo tatticamente.
Tinto: Anche perchè seguire tatticamente una partita inglese è come
cercare di comprendere la trama in un film porno.

 Robert de Niro or Al Pacino to be sitting at the next table.
Luogo comune.
Li detesto, mancano pizza e mandolino.
Ma tornate a strafogarvi di fish & chips....
IaN
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 IaN
L ho letto ora...ROTFL