By David Gold
June 3 – Luciano Moggi, the former Juventus general manager who was involved in the 2006 Calciopoli match-fixing scandal which rocked Italian football, should be sentenced to five years in jail, according to the public prosecutor.
Moggi was one of a number of owners, officials and referees who are in Naples facing charges over their involvement in the scandal.
As a result of the match fixing affair, Juventus were stripped of their 2005 and 2006 titles, as well as being relegated to Serie B, and the Turin outfit are still suffering the consequences as they have missed out on qualification for the Champions League in the last two seasons.
AC Milan, Fiorentina, Lazio and Reginna were also punished, primarily through points deductions and fines, for their respective roles in the scandal.
As a result, Moggi’s counterparts at Fiorentina, Andrea and Diego Della Valle, along with Lazio President Claudio Lotito, are also facing sentences.
Refereeing designators Paolo Bergamo and Pierluigi Pairetto are facing five and four and a half year sentences respectively if the prosecutor’s recommendations go through.
Italian Football Federation director Innocenzo Mazzini, referee Massimo De Santis, former Messina sporting director Mariano Fabiani, Reggina President Pasquale Foti and AC Milan director Leonardo Meani are also facing imprisonment.
Some of the officials involved may not actually go to jail as any sentence of under two years is suspended in Italy.
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