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The Calciopoli Scandal

The Calciopoli Scandal

Unfortunately, in football and other sports there have been many high profile match fixing scandals. Italy saw one of the biggest scandals of the 21st century. Yet, Italian football is an excellent instance to visit 1xBet – try best betting Kenya platform.

This scandal came to be known as Calciopoli. It exploded in May 2006 and consisted in the discovery of several phone calls between team managers and referees in order to agree on convenient referee assignments for certain matches. Several teams were involved in the scheme. Some of them include:

  • Milan;
  • Lazio;
  • Fiorentina;
  • and Juventus.

The team that received the biggest punishment due to this scandal was Juventus. The team was stripped of their 2004-05 Serie A title. Also, as it was discovered by the end of the 2005-06 season, Juventus was put in the last place of the Serie A, which meant that it was relegated to the Serie B. People can try their best betting in 1xBet Kenya, which can be done on matches Serie A and all the other excellent European competitions.

Referees’ complicity

Many managers at Juventus were in contact on many occasions with several people involved in the organization of Italian Football. They constantly requested to have referees that could favor them during their matches. The scandal is long gone, and you can 1xBet download to phone and have all the Serie A betting options in the palm of your hand.

In fact, on many occasions, Juventus managers explicitly requested not to have referees Pierluigi Collina and Roberto Rosetti on their matches. They considered them to be “too objective”. It should be remembered that both of them are still considered as some of the best Italian referees ever, and they kept their reputation even after the scandal. Going to the 1xBet website to download its phone app is very simple, and provides the chance to bet in lots of football competitions in Italy and other countries.

Punishments handed out

While Juventus received the most severe punishment, other squads also suffered consequences. Visiting the https://1xbet.co.ke/line will provide chances to bet on the Serie A, Serie B, and other Italian competitions. For example, Milan was deducted 30 points in their 2005-06 Serie A campaign.

Also, Fiorentina qualified to the 2006-07 Champions League, however, they were removed from the competition. The same happened with Lazio, which originally had qualified to the 2006-07 UEFA Cup but was also removed. All these European football competitions are at 1xBet, which features the UEFA Champions League, the Europa League, the Conference Cup, and many other tournaments.

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