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Eℓvin;2253658 said:
Of course I don't, but I'm a fairly well-travelled guy, and a little educated.. but believe me you, there are full grown men out there who still do that shit, in Armenia too, I'm sure - and they're not racist, they're just ignorant. I knew this old lady, she tells me "oh yeah blacks, they smell bad" 
Former linesman implicates Inter in Calciopoli scandal
A former Serie A linesman on Friday told a court in Naples that Inter Milan were also involved in the infamous 2006 Calciopoli match-fixing scandal.
A former Serie A linesman on Friday told a court in Naples that Inter Milan were also involved in the infamous 2006 Calciopoli match-fixing scandal.
Rosario Coppola also claimed that having refused to help an Inter Milan player receive a lighter ban after a red card, he was never again called to officiate in Serie A.
Coppola told the court that following a match between Inter and Venezia, in which Colombia defender Ivan Cordoba had been sent-off and received a two-game ban, he was called by referees boss Gennaro Mazzei and told to "soften" his account of Cordoba's actions to the disciplinary tribunal deciding on whether or not to reduce that sentence.
"Mazzei rang me and told me that the disciplinary committee would call me. Inter were appealing to reduce the sentence," said Coppola.
"I was supposed to claim that rather than hitting his opponent he had barged into him but I didn't change my story and from then on I never again officiated in Serie A."
Coppola also told the court that all teams, in particular the big ones, tried to gain refeering favours.
When the whole Calciopoli scandal broke in 2006 Inter were conspicious by their absence from suspicion.
Several other teams were punished for trying to rig matches after a number of telephone conversations between club, league and refereeing officials were intercepted and published.
Juventus were relegated to Serie B and stripped of their last two titles while AC Milan, Lazio, Fiorentina and Reggina were all handed point penalties for the next season.
Inter actually benefitted by being awarded the 2005-06 title, originally won by Juve, despite finishing third after point penalties handed out to both Juve and Milan saw them left alone at the head of the pack.
Until then, Inter had not won a title in 18 seasons but since then have yet to be knocked off their perch.
i'm cheering for this news
well done , mr.Linesman , may GOD bless you
http://sports.sg.msn.com/football/seriea/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3732798
A former Serie A linesman on Friday told a court in Naples that Inter Milan were also involved in the infamous 2006 Calciopoli match-fixing scandal.
A former Serie A linesman on Friday told a court in Naples that Inter Milan were also involved in the infamous 2006 Calciopoli match-fixing scandal.
Rosario Coppola also claimed that having refused to help an Inter Milan player receive a lighter ban after a red card, he was never again called to officiate in Serie A.
Coppola told the court that following a match between Inter and Venezia, in which Colombia defender Ivan Cordoba had been sent-off and received a two-game ban, he was called by referees boss Gennaro Mazzei and told to "soften" his account of Cordoba's actions to the disciplinary tribunal deciding on whether or not to reduce that sentence.
"Mazzei rang me and told me that the disciplinary committee would call me. Inter were appealing to reduce the sentence," said Coppola.
"I was supposed to claim that rather than hitting his opponent he had barged into him but I didn't change my story and from then on I never again officiated in Serie A."
Coppola also told the court that all teams, in particular the big ones, tried to gain refeering favours.
When the whole Calciopoli scandal broke in 2006 Inter were conspicious by their absence from suspicion.
Several other teams were punished for trying to rig matches after a number of telephone conversations between club, league and refereeing officials were intercepted and published.
Juventus were relegated to Serie B and stripped of their last two titles while AC Milan, Lazio, Fiorentina and Reggina were all handed point penalties for the next season.
Inter actually benefitted by being awarded the 2005-06 title, originally won by Juve, despite finishing third after point penalties handed out to both Juve and Milan saw them left alone at the head of the pack.
Until then, Inter had not won a title in 18 seasons but since then have yet to be knocked off their perch.
i'm cheering for this news
well done , mr.Linesman , may GOD bless you
http://sports.sg.msn.com/football/seriea/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3732798
