Pode ser o PaÃs da Máfia. Pode ser. Mas o que não dúvida é que a sua justiça dá exemplos
tremendos aos outros que não são, ou não se consideram, mafiosos.
Ministério Público pede três anos de prisão para dirigentes da Juventus
O Ministério Público de Turim pediu hoje três anos de prisão
para os antigos presidente e conselheiro delegado da Juventus, Luciano Moggi e António Giraudo,
respectivamente, por falsificação das contas do clube da Liga italiana de futebol.
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Serie A Talk 08 September @ 07:00 AM EST
Can This Man Own Milan?
For Milan fans, the news was bad enough that they had been trounced by rival Inter while being
watched by their owner and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. However, a rumor circulating
that Berlusconi has been in negotiations to sell the club to Libyan leader Muammar al-Gadaffi adds
to the confusion about whether the team is a serious threat to the scudetto and Champions
League.
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Last week I posted the Calcio Quiz. I know I originally said I would post the answers on
Wednesday, but nobody has really tried to answer since Thursday so I'll go ahead and unveil the
answers today. I hope the quiz was challenging, and maybe I'll post more editions of the Calcio
Quiz in the future if I can think up 50 more questions!
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With most news being transfer rumors now and calcio being in a lull period, I thought this would
be an interesting thing to do. I call it Calcio Quiz! (name stolen from an iPhone application. My
apologies if the creator is reading this), and I'll test your knowledge of the calcio world with
random questions that I made up.
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GolBlog 01 July @ 03:01 AM EST
L'albero della Figgiccì
Sulla faccenda Moggi-Bologna, dice Giancarlo Abete: "Come presidente della Figc non posso
che ricordare che tutti coloro che operano nel sistema sportivo si devono riconoscere in quelle che
sono le decisioni degli organi di giustizia sportiva, che tracciano in qualche modo il confine tra
le persone che possono svolgere ruoli all'interno del mondo del calcio e altri che sono inibiti e
non lo possono svolgere.
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After Italy's elimination for the U-21 Championship last Friday, Gigi Casiraghi was unsure about
his future. He said that he would let the night pass and consider his options. The media were
expecting that Casiraghi would decide to leave after 3 years at the helm and go on to newer
pastures.
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I knew it would be tough.But by age or by lack of fire in our belly or Lippi forgot how to coach,
Italy have simply been awful in this Confederations cup. I doubt Lippi forgot how to coach.So lets
not engage that confused thinking.Instead it could be as simple as lacking a fire combined with old
age.
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Alla fine, i cori razzisti nei confronti di Balotelli sono costati una gara a porte chiuse.
Partiamo dall'ordinanza dell'Alta Corte di Giustizia:
"L'Alta Corte di Giustizia, composta dal Presidente, dott. Riccardo Chieppa, e dai
componenti, dott. Alberto de Roberto (Relatori), dott.
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Quella di oggi è un'altra giornata importante nel mondo del calcio. Infatti, la Federazione
Italiana Giuoco Calcio ha provveduto a modificare l'articolo 62 delle Noif "Tutela dell'ordine
pubblico in occasione delle gare", inserendo la previsione di sospensione della gara in presenza di
"cori, grida e ogni altra manifestazione discriminatoria".
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SoccerLens 16 April @ 05:31 AM EST
The name Federico Macheda has been bandied around a lot lately, and not just because of his two
stunning late goals against Aston Villa and Sunderland. Macheda has been the object of an
international tug of war between Manchester United, his current club, and SS Lazio, the club that
nurtured and developed him as a boy.
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Vi ricordate quando avevamo parlato della clamorosa a
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/adecisa dal Tas nei confronti di span style="font-weight: bold;"Mannini /spane span
style="font-weight: bold;"Possanzini/span (un anno), i due calciatori che si erano
presentati in ritardo ad un controllo antidoping?
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(Gianluca Paparesta nella divisa che indossava prima di essere coinvolto nello scandalo di
Calciopoli)
Una memoria, di 22 pagine e 35 allegati, è ora sul tavolo della Figc, dopo essere stata
consegnata nelle mani del Procuratore Federale, Stefano Palazzi. Autore di questo fascicolo è
l'ex arbitro di Bari, Gianluca Paparesta che torna da accusatore: "il sistema mi ha fatto
fuori".
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(Giancarlo Abete, numero uno della Figc, chiede a tutti più moderazione)
Moderazione e toni bassi. La richiesta, estesa a tutti i tesserati, arriva dai piani superiori. E'
Giancarlo Abete, numero uno della Figc, ad invitare tutti ad una maggiore responsabilità e
moderazione, specialmente nelle uscite pubbliche, ed a cercare, in generale, di abbassare i toni.
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Nessuna utilità per il mondo del calcio. E' questo il succo del pensiero emerso, in Figc,
riguardo alle esternazioni che ha rilasciato quest'oggi il mister nerazzurro Josè Mourinho.
Nella sede della Federcalcio italiana si sta valutando il contenuto delle sue parole, proprio
perchè non è assolutamente piaciuto l'acceso "monologo" del portoghese e,
soprattutto, la parte nella quale il tecnico insinua favori arbitrali a vantaggio della Juventus.
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Serie A Talk 05 September @ 03:06 PM EST
SportsXhange - the sports news and betting information channel have the exclusive rights
to air Italy's first match of World Cup 2010 qualification Saturday Sept. 6th 19:45 GMT.
More... You can also watch it live on Sky Sports in the UK. From the National Team website
FIGC.it Doubts over Del Piero starting in the Cyprus match are
circulating, still the player will fly with the team [.
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Here's what I scrounged around for today:
-Milan striker Marco Borriello has been operated on and will now start his recovery. Reports are
he will be out for around 2 months. (could be less if he puts a lot of hard work into the recovery
process.)
-Pierluigi Casiraghi is predicting a big Olympic performance from Lazio striker Tommaso
Rocchi.
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Let it be said that without the proper guidance even the best of ships can be run aground.That's
what we saw this summer with the Azzurri,not to suggest that Roberto Donadoni cant become
special.But at this station in his life he was unfairly tasked with this job.So on July the 1st the
FIGC will announce the rehiring of Marcello Lippi.
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Roberto Donadoni (or Gonagoni as he was cruelly nicknamed by, er, us) has been tossed a mouldy
lifejacket and told to jump off the good ship Azzurri. Meanwhile 2006 World Cup winner Marcello
Lippi has been welcomed back on board and saluted as captain, as if he'd never been away.
The FIGC (Italian Football Federation) couldn't have sent a clearer message if they'd tried:
this boat has been off course for two years and we want to go back in the other direction.
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The Italian Football Federation has confirmed that Marcello Lippi has been named as the new
coach of Italy, succeeding Roberto Donadoni whose two-year reign ended earlier today.Donadoni's position became virtually untenable after Italy crashed out of Euro 2008 at the quarter
final stage to Spain on Sunday night.
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mCalcio 26 June @ 02:03 PM EST
The penny has finally dropped at FIGC headquarters. Early morning, brief statement on the FIGC
website: "President Giancarlo Abete on Wednesday met with national coach Roberto Donadoni in
the FIGC headquarters. In the course of the meeting, as already announced, they reviewed the work
carried out in the last two years and how the European Championships [.
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Maurizio Nicita writes in the English Gazzetta
"It's "back to the future" time. Hopefully, this is a sign that the sequel to this
film will be as extraordinary as the first movie, the one made in Germany. Marcello Lippi acts as
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Scuola Calcio 18 February @ 09:27 AM EST
Paolo Maldini has been celebrating another historic milestone in his illustrious career.
The 39-year-old made his 1,000th appearance in professional football when he came on as a
substitute for AC Milan against Parma on Saturday.
He said: "I would like to dedicate this achievement to my family, in particular my mother who has
followed me all these years and has always backed me.
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Last season, Mark Clattenburg was the best referee as measured by Football Is Fixed's Bum Ref
Index. In an underachievement of some magnitude, the man is this season rated the most incompetent
of the Professional Game Match Officials Board (PGMOB) referees.
The Economist's Big Mac Index, on which our slightly subjective league table is based, utilises the
econo-myth of purchasing power parity to compare currencies while we compare referees negative
impact on the games in which they officiate using our privileged position as market analysts.
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The absence of a close season state of uproar in Serie A has been most conspicuous by its absence
this summer so it was somewhat comforting to hear of the bans announced on Monday for four players
who have been found out betting on match outcomes.
And these aren't just any old players but four of the senior statesmen of the Italian game. The
Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has handed out medium term bans and fines to these players plus
fines for the clubs involved in the match manipulations - Udinese, Vicenza and Mantova.
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