Italian match-fixing scandal

[Bologna]

This is one for the polyglots for now. Betting, as per usual, is the raison d'etre. Beppe Signori among those arrested.

I can't be arsed translating the whole thing. I'm sure it will be all over the UK media very soon.

 

http://www.repubblica.it/sport/calcio/2011/06/01/news/calcio_scommesse_cremona-17052691/?ref=HREA-1

[CarraLegend]

Long may it continue, it's a money making machine.

[Bologna]

Here's a link in English.

 

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/01062011/58/serie-signori-held-match-fixing-probe.html

[Bologna]

Here's the complete list of matches under investigation:

 

Cremonese-Spezia del 17 ottobre 2010

Monza-Cremonese del 21 ottobre 2010

Cremonese-Paganese del 14 gennaio 2011

Spal-Cremonese del 16 gennaio 2011

Benevento-Viareggio del 13 febbraio 2011

Livorno-Ascoli del 25 febbraio 2011

Verona-Ravenna del 27 febbraio 2011

Benevento-Cosenza del 28 febbraio 2011

Reggiana-Ravenna del 10 marzo 2011

Ascoli-Atalanta del 12 marzo 2011

Taranto-Benevento del 13 marzo 2011

Atalanta-Piacenza del 19 marzo 2011

Inter-Lecce del 20 marzo 2011

Alessandria-Ravenna del 20 marzo 2011

Benevento-Pisa del 21 marzo 2011

Padova-Atalanta del 26 marzo 2011

Siena-Sassuolo del 27 marzo 2011

Ravenna-Spezia del 27 marzo 2011.1

[CarraLegend]

 

Atalanta-Piacenza del 19 marzo 2011

 

 

That was absolutely epic! I remember waking up on the saturday, checking betfair and Atalanta HT/FT had been pounded, so went on 365, luckily they still had it at 5/6, then watched as a Piacenza player done a pointless handball in his own area, penalty 1-0, another player done a pointless barge in his own area, penalty 2-0, and then the goalie just dived on the floor for no reason when a cross come in and 3-0 at half time. The keeper was a bit suspicious on Doni's penalties aswell.

[drdooom]

This spring in Finland 9 players in one team were arrested for taking bribes and another whole team was thrown out of the top division. In the latter case the club officials themselves had recieved money from the same singaporean guy who bribed the others. The start of the season (it's over the summer here) was delayed while they sorted out the new fixtures, classy stuff. Apparently the fee for throwing a game in the Veikkausliiga is 25000 euros, I wonder what it is in serie B..

[Bologna]

400,000 euro for Seria A, 120,000 for B and 50,000 for serie c (lega pro) according to this article

 

http://www.repubblica.it/sport/calcio/2011/06/01/news/tariffario_partite-17074744/?ref=HRER2-1

[kop205]

Love the last paragraph re Blatter

[Bologna]

The plot thickens.

 

The following Serie A matches are now under investigation with 300,000 euro quoted as the price to fix a game.

 

Fiorentina-Roma 2-2 del 20 marzo

Lecce-Cagliari 3-3 del 17 aprile

Genoa-Lecce 4-2 del 20 marzo

 

http://www.repubblica.it/sport/calcio/2011/06/07/news/calcio_scommesse_serie_a-17313378/?ref=HRER2-1