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Probe puts heat on Milan

  • 20-06-2006 9:41pm
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    Mr. Presentable
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    Borrelli says club's role not marginal
    (ANSA) - Rome, June 20 - AC Milan fans are sweating about the
    prospect of following their team in Serie B next year, after press
    reports suggested the club is more heavily implicated in the 'Moggi-
    gate' scandal than previously thought .

    Up to now the main suspect has been Juventus, because its former
    general manager Luciano Moggi was allegedly the ringleader of a
    match-fixing organization involving referees, linesmen and Italian
    Soccer Federation (FIGC) officials .

    Lazio and Fiorentina were also thought to be in danger of
    relegation, on the basis of wiretapped conversations recorded during
    criminal probes and published in newspapers, while Milan's role was
    seen as marginal .

    According to press reports on Tuesday though, the FIGC
    investigation, carried out by former Clean Hands magistrate
    Francesco Saverio Borrelli, has accused Milan of "systematic
    misconduct" .

    Apparently, Borrelli's report suggests Milan ran an alternative to
    the Moggi system, which the club used to make sure it was
    assigned 'friendly' match officials .

    The press said Milan's situation is now considered to be more
    serious than that of Lazio and Fiorentina .

    In one of the published wiretaps, Milan official Leonardo Meani
    praises a referee for his handling of a game and even promises that
    the club's chairman, former Premier Silvio Berlusconi, will send him
    to his hair-transplant doctor in Switzerland .

    But Italy and Milan midfield star Gennaro Gattuso seemed unconcerned
    Tuesday. "I'm certain Milan will stay in Serie A, even in the light
    of the wiretaps," the player said from the Azzurri camp at the World
    Cup .

    "It seems to me that it would be too much to relegate a side because
    Meani says 'I'll get you a hair transplant' in a telephone call" .

    On Monday Borrelli handed over his 193-page report on Moggi-gate to
    FIGC prosecutor Stefano Palazzi. Palazzi will have the job of
    pressing charges against clubs and individuals suspected of
    wrongdoing at sporting tribunals .

    The FIGC tribunal is expected to convene next week, June 26-27 .

    The tribunal should issue its sentences by July 9. Appeals should be
    heard before July 20, so the whole sporting disciplinary process can
    be wrapped up before UEFA conducts the draws for next season's
    European club competitions.


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