I have a question that I would like to pose to the editors of goal.com.
Why is it that in the summer of 2006 the website participated so openly in the lynching of Juventus and her directors for yet to be proven charges while the website has given slim to no page space thus far regarding the CONFIRMATION of what so many Juventini have been arguing for years?
Countless articles have been published in the last few days regarding Inter's role in the wiretap scandal and I have seen almost no mention of it in this site which many English speakers use as a point of reference.
Allow me to explain the significance of what has been discovered in civil court (not a sports tribunal) this week.
The very verdict that relegated Juventus and suspended it's board in 2006 stated clearly that no illicit conversations existed within the wire taps and that no match fixing, attempted match fixing, or even remote requests for favors were found among the many conversations. It was however argued that Moggi's exclusive relationship with the referee designator Bergamo could have created an advantageous position. The discovery that Moratti and Facchetti of Inter (who wore Juve's championship crest with pride in 2006) Milan's Galliani, Cagliari's Cellino among others were also calling the same referee designator and that the conversations were of a far more dubious nature does two things:
1. It proves that Moggi's "exclusivity" never existed and that the punishments now more than ever were unwarranted
2. It proves that the "evidence" that was presented against Juventus in 2006 was at the very least selective (consider that 171,000 wires were hidden and only unearthed now)
I have sat idly by after goal.com followed up on its Anti-Juve campaign in 2006 by doing little to report all the NOT GUILTY verdicts that Moggi received in actual courts these last few years regarding everything from Accounting Fraud, to GEA Player Agency control, to International SIM Card communication and even actual match fixing but today I feel as a fan of the sport that I should say something.
If you as a source of information want to establish or maintain any credibility whatsoever among the Serie A faithful I suggest you start pouring through the more reputable newspapers and channels of Italy (La Repubblica, La Stampa, RAI Sport, etc.) and begin informing the non Italian speaking fans of what they are entitled to know.
