Comments on: Surprise!!! There’s Corruption in Italian Football

By: NKENGAFAC SAMUEL

NKENGAFAC SAMUEL — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:10:08 +0000

the new generation of young italian footballer will loose talents if the big 4 are relagated into the division 2
i will like that these teams pay acertaian amount of money to the federation , then the title be ceased. the entire staff engagaed in the affair can as well be punished

By: Stian

Stian — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:10:25 +0000

All the Italians in Canada are probably as outraged as you Cristina.
But seriously, Juve deserve to be demoted. If they were so good in the Serie-a, its a bit odd that they didnt stand a chance in the Champions league. And that the only team in Serie-a who were able to beat them was Milan, (the real winner of the Serie-a title). I would also like to add that when Juve were such strong favorites at the end of the league competition, they did draw a lot of games. Its fun to win money if you know what i mean.

By: Cristina

Cristina — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:02:38 +0000

I’m Italian, and I’ve been watching soccer ALL my life.. and I can’t believe this, how could they be so unclassy as to do something like this. If we lose Buffon.. that’s it for Azzurri, he is the best goalie. He knows exactly where the ball is gonna go, all the time. I’m ashamed… of my fellow Italians, but then again from what I understand the only player that betted, was Buffon.. the rest didn’t…

By: Hat trick hero

Hat trick hero — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:29:42 +0000

what the fuck do you know about football you yankie scum

Go play baseball

By: Attila Erdos

Attila Erdos — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 14:40:48 +0000

I think the point in all this is very simple. The corporate
world will do whatever is necessary to produce the proper
results when big money is at stake. The sport is fine. It is the corporate greed that is producing this activity.
Why is this big news after all ?The corporate scandals, court
hearings and long jail sentences that have been going on for years. Our expectations are far too naive.

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 04:36:56 +0000

I think it’s terrible what Juve has done, and I strongly disagree with Mr. DeMichele’s statement that “The Germans, spanish and elglish cheat just as much or even more “. This is one of the most false comments I have ever read. I cannot recall anyone ever playing as unproffesionnaly as Juve did agasinst Arsenal this year in the Champions league. For example, when one of the Juventus defenders (Caminorasi I believe) knew his side were going out of the cup, he lunged at an Arsenal attacker and got a red card for it. This kind of cheating is not seen in any kind of proffesional game in England and it displeases me to see someone implying that it does. However, after witnessing the Itallians attitude in the game, it doesn’t suprise me that the club he represents and the league they play in are entailled in this scandal.

By: Viky

Viky — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 22:50:24 +0000

Heh…in Italy is corruption is football…where is the surprise dude?

By: Marco DeMichele

Marco DeMichele — Mon, 15 May 2006 22:07:38 +0000

I would like to say a couple things, yea theres There’s Corruption in Italian Football and i am so glad that Juve are getten in trouble for this because all this yr iv seen them win matches that they should have lost. As an italian i can admit to the wrong doings that they have done .. BUT i hate how now its creating headlines such as the above heading ‘Surprise!!! There’s Corruption in Italian Football’ — Italian football is corrup in italy but thats that. I mean The Germans, spanish and elglish cheat just as much or even more (becasue they cheat internationally). Lets look back at the 2002 world cup and how koreans fixed matches(although ppl went to jail for it) another is germany and the 1974 and 90 world cup victorys (both matches were suspected of being fixed) and also the latest barca V Milan semi final where sheva was disalowed a clear goal and the game ended early! Or even the 04-05 game between Juve and Livepool and the disalowed goal!!!!!! So from this i hope that people realise that its not just the italians who cheat but that every nation does it – and its gone past the point where you can say, ohh but they havent proved it yet — its just so obvious, even before Juve got caught fixing games i always said how coruption was going on as the events occuring on the pitch were so blunt!!!