Inter Milan under Investigation

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Inter enter UEFA referee row
Saturday 20 May, 2006
Inter are also involved in the growing scandal after allegations Pierluigi Pairetto informed them in advance of Champions League referees.

One of the first issues that struck former Juventus director general Luciano Moggi in this investigation was the fact that designator Pairetto had told him the name of the referees assigned to their European games up to two weeks ahead of kick-off.

Under UEFA rules, clubs are not supposed to know who will officiate their ties until 48 hours before the match and Pairetto was reprimanded for that action.

According to new telephone interceptions quoted in today’s ‘Gazzetta dello Sport,’ Inter President Facchetti was also informed of the referees assigned to two of their Champions League group games in advance.

The phone calls, made in September 2004, see Pairetto confirming that Urs Meier has been assigned to the big game against Valencia and Kyros Vassaras for the Anderlecht encounter.

“I made them put Meier in for the second game, because that was the most important for you,” Pairetto was quoted as saying in the alleged telephone conversation. “I picked him, as he is a very reliable referee. Valencia is a tough atmosphere.”

The conversation took place on September 14, two weeks before Vassaras was officially assigned to the 3-1 win against Anderlecht and over a month before Swiss referee Meier officiated Inter’s 5-1 victory at Valencia’s Mestalla stadium.

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Stky10

Funny to see Inter's record even with the (supposed) help of referee's.

Imagine how badly they'd have done without this (supposed) help.

Ruskie4Rent

Meier? Oh no, the english papers will love that.

mchurl

So the big three in Italy all in trouble now, could be a very interesting few weeks.

SpAcEd OuT

along with Lazio and a few others

dcarroll

Adriano to the pool maybe?

Chucky the tree

i'd hate to see him at liverpool. much prefer toni.


anyway, theres no way in hell juve,inter,ac and fiorentina will be relegated

eirebhoy

Ruskie4Rent wrote:

Meier? Oh no, the english papers will love that.

In this case I don't think the ref did anything wrong. He was assigned to the match because he was unlikely to be swayed by the Valencia crowd.

evilhomer

If they all get relegated to Seris B, then everyone will watch Seris B instead next season.

Italian football is a shambles at the minute and I can't see how they are going to sort this mess out.

All Italian teams should be banned from European football for a few seasons, for a start.

anonymous_joe

They may well be relegated this year. Berlusconi's not in power anymore, and so there's no guardian angel for the dodgy clubs.

SpAcEd OuT

dcarroll wrote:

Adriano to the pool maybe?

If he was leaving I'd doubt he'd go to Liverpool, more likely go to one of europes top teams.

Im quessing Chelsea or Barcelona

mchurl

SpAcEd OuT wrote:

If he was leaving I'd doubt he'd go to Liverpool, more likely go to one of europes top teams.

Im quessing Chelsea or Barcelona

I agree totally, i cant see him going to Liverpool when all the top clubs such as Barca and Real would be after him.

eirebhoy

I'd say Adriano will leave after the world cup no matter what happens to Inter. He hasn't been playing well since Christmas from what I've seen and apparantly he's not to happy.

Dr Galen

anyone else get the feeling that we are only seeing the tip of iceberg in Italy. Actually wouldn't surprise me if they al got relegated for the next season and some sort of Euro sanctions were imposed upon Italian teams in Europe.