Calciopoli Watch: FIGC Eager To Start Investigation, New Call Emerges
Another phone call has emerged in the ongoing legal trial into Calciopoli at the Tribunal of Naples, and the latest wiretap centres around a controversial game between Fiorentina and Juventus in 2005 which ended 3-3 amid a huge storm of protest.
In the game, Fabio Cannavaro scored a header which appeared valid, but struck off by the referee Pierluigi Collina.
And, during the phone call, former referee designators Paolo Bergamo and Pierluigi Pairetto discuss the match. Collina is also heard pondering Luciano Moggi's attitude after the final whistle.
Here's an extract from the call as reported by Tuttosport.
Bergamo: It's hard to understand. The ball seems more inside the goal that out.
Collina: Moggi came to me after and he shook my hand, saying 'well done'. It didn't seem like he was taking the p***. He was tranquil.
Pairetto: I can't imagine what would have happened if it was the other way around.
Bergamo: In any case I am happy with Collina because he handled the situation well. He has repaid us for the work we do.
Meanwhile, federal prosecutor Stefano Palazzi is eager to get the FIGC's investigation under way. He has everything at his disposal; calls, evidence, a team of investigators, but he has not received a new batch of transcripts from judge Teresa Casoria at the Tribunal of Naples.
And Roberto Porto has started to transcribe all the calls presented by Moggi's defence team, Pairetto and the prosecution. Work is also being carried out on the CDs containing further calls which have not come to light yet.
Palazzi is also in Naples to deliberate over new laws regarding violence in Italian stadiums and who should be liable when incidents break out in the stands and outside the grounds.
As things stand, clubs have been fined when crowd trouble has broken out, but the law makers are trying to reduce responsibility placed on the teams, as well as tackle the problems of racism.
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