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Just several weeks into the summer transfer window Juventus sealed the deal for Swiss defender
Stephan Lichtsteiner from Lazio for a fee of 10 million euros. Although the other summer signing,
Andrea Pirlo, has received most the praise so far this season, Lichtsteiner has arguably been the
more consistent of the two.
Eighteen matches into the season and Juventus are undefeated and sitting in first place. Everything
seems rosy red, or pink (like their away shirt), in Turin. While Juventus find themselves in an
ideal situation heading into the second half of the season, their rise to the top has been much due
to their own good work as it has been to many of their rivals' failure to truly assert themselves
as.
Serie A could be in danger of exploding in scandal once again, and this time the damage could be
even more lasting.
To recap, earlier this week Atalanta defender Andrea Masiello was arrested on charges of
match-fixing while playing for A.S. Bari in 2011. While Masiello was the only once arrested,
police are also investigating eight other players in connection with this scandal and have focused
their attention on five different matches from last season.
Antonio Conte denies match fixing allegations while at Siena calling it a "hoax"
The Juventus manager has been in the spotlight following disclosures by Antonio Bellavista, a
central figure in the match fixing scandal sweeping the Serie, that he had asked a friend to
contact Conte when he was at Siena to influence the outcome of the Siena vs Sassuolo match.
Last time Juventus won the Italian championship was in 2006, but due to the "Calciopoli" scandal
that same year they were stripped of the title, and relegated. They returned to the Serie A in
2007, but had so far been unable to win the title. Until now. It had been coming, but with today's
2-0 victory over Cagliari, and Inter's 4-2 victory against AC Milan, Juventus has again taken the
crown as
Lo scudetto che riscrive la storia, il capolavoro del gruppo: Juventus campione d'Italia Di
Alessandro Paparella La Juventus torna Campione d'Italia, lo fa a sei anni di distanza da
calciopoli, da un momento in cui la squadra fu smantellata, rasa al suolo come un paese che esce da
un conflitto perso.
By Max Grieve
Six years ago in Bari, the directors watched on as Juventus celebrated their 29th Scudetto.
Celebrations moved from beneath the stadium to the team bus, which Luciano Moggi boarded in tears.
The players too, though they appeared to hide it well, must have known what was to come.
Italy's preparation for Euro 2012 have been thrown into disarray after a police raid this
morning at their team camp. The raid was part of "Last Bet", an investigation into match-fixing in
Italian soccer.
As a result of the raid, Italian defender Domenico Criscito has withdrawn from the country's
Euro 2012 squad.
