Volume 1 Chapter 503 The Effects of Telephone Recordings

"Conclusive evidence that the Serie A referee was designated"

On Wednesday, the newspaper Sport Milan officially published a transcript of the conversation between Moggi and Pairetto, which detailed a rather ambiguous conversation between Moggi and Pairetto, then the appointed referee of Serie A and now the vice-president of the UEFA refereeing committee. In the transcript of the conversation, Moggie's request can be clearly heard "I need to arrange a referee", "No, he is only a national referee", "I implore you to believe me", and what is even more terrifying is that it is not only Moggi manipulating the so-called Serie A referee that is currently revealed, but that Moggie has often appointed referees in the Champions League, and if Moggie's ability is large enough to influence the referee who decides the Champions League match, then the nature of this scandal does not only exist in Italy.

Now all the Italian media are paying attention to Moggi's control of refereeing behavior in Serie A, and it is obvious that the evidence that has been released is only the tip of the iceberg, and once all the evidence is revealed, it will reveal how Moggi has used his relationship to influence the refereeing arrangements of Serie A in recent years, as well as the problems behind it.

According to Italian law, the disclosure of this news by El della Sport requires the consent of the local prosecutor's office, that is, from a judicial point of view, Mogi's actions can already be confirmed as illegal, and El Sport reveals that the prosecutor's office in Turin has decided to formally intervene in the case and is ready to prosecute Moggi and Pajretto for sports fraud.

This report from the Milan Sport newspaper put Moggi and Paireto in a desperate situation, Moggi and Paireto would not have imagined that the phone recordings between them in the past few years would be exposed today, before Paireto was still defending himself, to sue Moggi for defending the referee, and now, the only thing they can do is wait for the judicial decision.

After the scandal of the general manager of Juventus Club appointing referees by phone was exposed, the major media in the world paid great attention to it. It is widely believed in the media that Juventus is likely to be severely punished by the Italian Football Federation and the judiciary because of this scandal, but whether it will be relegated because of this scandal depends on the results of the investigation.

Through investigations and interviews, Reuters confirmed that the investigation of Moggi began in January, and that the Turin prosecutor considered the incident to be significant and handed over the investigation materials to the highest judicial body in the capital. However, the reporter believes that from the analysis of the historical experience of the past drug ban incidents, it is difficult to charge Mo Ji with bribery or match-fixing through telephone records, and the judicial authorities need more evidence.

According to AFP's analysis, last month, the Juventus drug ban trial was reopened, and as a result, club director Girawudo was still found not guilty, while team doctor Agricola, who had been sentenced to one month in prison, was released in court. And this time, after the content of Moji's phone call was exposed, the Italian judiciary still needs to collect further evidence, otherwise the incident is likely to be closed again.

The Times, on the other hand, believes that Milan Sport has a friendly relationship with Juventus, and rarely reports or even comments on negative Juventus news. The revelation of Mogi's phone transcript may be related to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's resignation, which used to be the capital's top judiciary when Berlusconi was in power, taking into account the interests of Juventus and their backstage, the Agnelli family, and now that the old Berlusconi has returned to the field, the Holy League of Italian football is likely to fall apart.

The investigation is not something that can be done in a day or two, but the game is played once or twice a week, and in the midst of the scandal, Juventus ushered in the first round of the match against Pepper Lecce.

In the last five rounds, the most solid defensive line in Serie A is now in trouble, with a shortage of defenders injured and suspended, the main central defender Cannavaro suspended, and Zebina and Zambrotta are still injured and unable to play; Only 17 goals were conceded in the first round of the league, but Juventus have not kept a clean sheet in any of their last five games, including three Champions League defeats to Bremen, with a total of nine goals conceded.

Thankfully, Juventus faced Lecce, who are second from bottom in points, and as Torino Sport said, there is no better time to meet Lecce than at this time.

Lecce is indeed not strong in attack, scoring only 16 goals in the league, only one more than Treviso, and ranking second from the bottom of the Serie A scoring list. Lecce's main midfielder Ledesma is suspended in this round, and it is difficult for Lecce, who won and drew and only scored U goals away, to snatch a point from the Alp Stadium.

Judging from the head-to-head record, the first leg of the meeting between the two sides this season was an away win for Juventus in the 8th round. The two teams have only played each other in the history of Serie A, with Juventus having a complete advantage of 14 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses, scoring 44 goals and conceding 19 goals; Among them, 8 wins, draws and losses at home occupy an absolute advantage, scoring P goals and conceding 8 goals, it can be said that Juventus has a strong psychological advantage over Lecce.

With the Champions League away defeat and the club scandal-ridden side, Juventus need a win at this time, because Juventus will face the devil's schedule in March, the next round away to Sampdoria, and then the Champions League home to Glasgow Rangers will have to turn the tables, and immediately after the bad game, they will welcome AC Milan at home, another game to decide the league title. If they lose this game to Lecce, they will even have a long-awaited collapse for other teams.

The most hopeful Juventus collapse is undoubtedly Fiorentina, now Juventus is in trouble, the second-ranked Fiorentina is the most promising to benefit, the current points situation, the first-ranked Juventus is three points higher than the second-ranked Fiorentina, and Fiorentina is 5 points higher than the third-ranked AC Milan, if Juventus collapses, Fiorentina has a 5-point advantage over AC Milan, and in the future championship war, Fiorentina will still firmly control their own destiny even if they lose the direct dialogue with Milan.

However, Fiorentina is not blindly optimistic, nor does it pin all its hopes on the collapse of Juventus, after all, Lecce's strength is very weak, even if the Juventus club is in more trouble, with the iron-blooded coach Capello, Juventus's combat effectiveness will not be weakened too much, and it is not a big problem to win Lecce.

And this round of Fiorentina's opponent Parma is much stronger than Juventus's opponent Lecce.

Parma under the creation of Prandelli, the attack is beautiful and smooth, very pressing, both results and scenes, after Prandelli left, Beretta did not change Parma's tactical play, but because of the loss of several big-name stars, Parma can only wander in the middle and lower reaches.

Playing against a team like Parma, it's important not to be beaten by them, the youth army likes to play with the tailwind, not against the wind, and if they go crazy, anything can go crazy.

Prandelli knows this best, and before leaving, Prandelli high-speed his players, "The defense must be defended, the offense must be attacked, and the first goal must be scored to defeat the idea of Parma winning." ”

The game played almost exactly in the direction that Prandelli had envisioned, with Chen Yu bursting into the box three minutes into the opening three minutes and scoring Parma's goal with a volley, before Brockie extended the score to 0 with a long-range shot fifteen minutes later

After taking a two-goal lead, Fiorentina saw that Parma's morale was gone, and they relaxed their attack slightly, wanting to strengthen their control of the game and win the game with less effort, but Fiorentina still underestimated Parma's determination to score points at home, without Fiorentina's strong pressure, Parma quickly became active, and after Simprio broke into the penalty area and was put down by Dainelli, Parma pulled back a point from the penalty, Parma's morale and confidence soared, and Fiorentina was overwhelmed for a while.

In the last minute of the first half, Bonella scored and Parma equalized, and at this time Fiorentina felt that it dawned on him, and Prandelli did not dare to slack off anymore, and immediately replaced Brocki, Montolivo, Jorgensen, and Di Natale to strengthen the attack on the wing.

The adjustment of Prandelli, Parma coach Beretta did not react correctly, only made adjustments at the fullback, and finally he paid the price for his sluggishness, five minutes into the second half, Chen Yu crossed from the side, Toni scored with a header, ten minutes later, Chen Yu was pushed down in the penalty area, the referee awarded a penalty, Chen Yu personally handled, the penalty was scored, Fiorentina 4: lead.

After taking the lead again, Fiorentina did not dare to relax, and kept the high-pressure situation until the end, and finally guaranteed a 4-4 victory away to Parma.

Almost at the same time, a struggling Juventus also beat Lecce at home to maintain a three-point gap to Fiorentina.

AC Milan and Inter Milan both won the subsequent Milan duo, AC Milan are eight points behind the top of the table to continue their hopes of winning the title, and Inter Milan are also trying to maintain their Champions League place, but the gap between him and fifth-placed Roma is only four points.

The highlight of the first round is the Rome derby.

This game is the match that will decide who still has any hope of hitting the Champions League spot, after Roma have won 10 consecutive games and the momentum is strong, and Lazio has been unbeaten in 10 games on their home turf, both sides want to beat their opponents, but the last laugh is Roma, they beat Lazio 0 away, continue to maintain the pressure on Inter Milan, while Lazio can only compete for a place in the UEFA Cup.

In the first round, due to the victory of Juventus, Milan, Fiorentina and Roma, there is no change in the rankings between the top few in the standings, under normal circumstances, there is one less round of games, whether it is a relegation team or a team competing for the championship, the backward side must be more anxious, but because Juventus is now in huge trouble, against Lecce has seen Juventus' fatigue and hesitation, and the off-field scandal still has a great impact on them, so Fiorentina and AC Milan are not in a hurry, They were all waiting for a moment when Juventus suddenly collapsed.