The "Phonegate" scandal is a case in which individual Serie A teams, led by Juventus, manipulated matches by controlling the referees, and because the phone calls were taped and exposed as evidence, it was called "Phonegate".
In 2006, Juventus was stripped of two Serie A titles and relegated to the second division as a result of the "phone-gate" revelations. Moggi and others have not given up their appeals in the case, and the Old Lady is prepared to claim 443 million euros from the Italian soccer federation if Moggi is acquitted.
Local time on the 23rd, the Italian Supreme Court acquitted former Juventus general manager Moggi and chairman Giraudo of *** plotting and match-fixing, but the duo was found guilty of sports fraud. The guilty verdicts of the two referees involved, Bertini and Dadillo, were overturned, while the 10-month prison sentence (suspended) of another referee, De Santis, stands.
This means the end of Phonegate: Moggi has not cleared his name, Juve's two Serie A titles will be stripped forever, and Juventus' claim for 443 million euros will hardly succeed.
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Effects
The "Phonegate" scandal coincided with the 2006 World Cup in Germany, and despite the fact that the Italian national team, made up mainly of players from Juventus, which was at the center of the maelstrom, won a huge victory in the 2006 World Cup. The Italian national team, composed mainly of Juventus players at the center of the maelstrom, won the Hercules Cup, but in any case, the impact of the "Phonegate" incident was incredibly negative.
On the one hand, Juventus, a veteran powerhouse that has contributed European points to Serie A in recent years, was forced to relegate itself to the second division, and Fiorentina, Lazio and AC Milan suffered point deductions and other penalties, while several veteran powerhouses' weaknesses led to Inter's fifth consecutive league title and five titles in the 2010 season: the league, the cup, the Supercup, the Champions League and the Club World Cup.
From the outbreak of "Phonegate" to the 2010-2011 season when AC Milan broke Inter's league monopoly, Inter won all the other titles except for Roma and Lazio, who occasionally won the Cup or the Super Cup. In addition to the "Phone Gate", which made Inter a dominant player in Serie A, the "Phone Gate" also made Inter a dominant player in Serie A.
On the other hand, the image of Italian soccer has been devastated, the market appeal of most clubs has dropped to the freezing point, and a large number of outstanding players have fled Serie A, causing the competitive level of the Italian league to decline rapidly.
The Italian team's chances of competing in Europe in the next few years will be greatly reduced, which in turn will lead to a vicious circle in which more talented players will be reluctant to join the Italian league.
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