Juventus board resigns after phone tap scandal (5 Viewers)

swag

L'autista
Administrator
Sep 23, 2003
84,757
Unfortauntely, Alexander, you are jumping to conclusions without due process. Even worse, you're jumping to conclusions about allegations that haven't even been made to the extent to which you're suggesting above.

Now clearly there is a gap between being found guilty and being guilty. And while I don't have definitive information to conclude that Moggi and Giraudo were guilty of serious crimes, there's enough indications for me personally to conclude that they are guilty of something. The question of exactly what and the extent is what's missing.

But the referee bias you speak of? I look at the matches we supposedly plied influence -- draws against Lecce and Parma, a loss to Reggina where we had two goals and a penalty disallowed. Blanket statements like yours above make me believe you're smoking the big anti-Juve bong that sways things in the opposite direction. :smoke:

As is always the case, the truth -- which we may never find, but I hope we do -- lies somewhere inbetween the extremes of all these accusations. I don't expect Moggi to be smelling like flowers in all this, but I don't expect him to have puppet master control over all matches of Serie A since 1996 as some would lead you to believe.
 

Ascension

Senior Member
Sep 16, 2005
1,882
Anti Juve? I'd say my views are as pro-Juve as they can possibly get.

I'll leave the judgement up to you...

Remember the Iuliano-Ronaldo 'incident' back in 1998 where we fucked Inter so they lost Lo Scudetto? This is just one of a big series of 'incidents' which some of you guys supposedly claim were coincidences...

Answer me this: If I'm wrong and Juve never did anything morally or ethically wrong why did the entíre board resign and jump on the first plane to Hawaii???
 
Apr 1, 2006
23
The rationalisation & delusion in this thread with the exception of a few people like Alexander is laughable.

.Moggi: “Right, here’s what I was thinking.”

Bergamo: “Let’s hear it. Let’s see what matches up with what I was thinking. Who have you put where?”

Moggi: “Right, I’ve arranged Inter-Roma, Juve-Udinese, Reggina-Milan, Fiorentina-Parma, and Siena-Messina. I’ve gone with [referees] Bertini, Paparesta, Trefolini, Racalbuto; I’d put Tombolini to start with, but he made a right cock-up of things with Lazio. He gave that penalty…”

Bergamo: “I wanted to make Tombolini miss a weekend, because he made that mistake. If you never punish people…”

Moggi: “If you don’t punish Collina and Rosetti, all the rest will think they’ve got carte blanche to make whatever decisions they want.”

Italian newspapers also printed transcripts of a conversation after a surprise Juventus defeat at Reggina in November 2004, between referee’s observer Pietro Ingargiola and Tullio Lanese, the president of the Italian referees association.

Ingargiola is reported as saying: “I’ve never seen anything like it in my life. Moggi and Giraudo go in, and Moggi starts really threatening him, with his finger right up to the referee’s eye. He was shouting at the linesman too, 'You’re an absolute disgrace, not giving that penalty, how dare you?’ I pretended not to see anything and went to the toilet.”

A further leaked segment of conversation had Moggi telling an unidentified woman of the same incident: “I locked the referee (Paparesta) and linesmen in the toilet and took the keys away with me to the airport.”
 

Ascension

Senior Member
Sep 16, 2005
1,882
It seems to me the evidence that it actually happened is all over the place, free to read for everyone. What does it take for my dear friends on this forum to realise what happened behind the curtains all these years?
 

Luftwaffles

Il terzo uomo
Dec 1, 2005
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New board to be appointed Monday 15/05/06 according to Agenza Giornalistica Italia (AGI).

AGI confirms that John Elkann will announce replacements tomorrow with coach Fabio Capello being asked to clarify his position on seeing out his contract.

I think we may see Capello leave for Inter.
 

juvecibai

New Member
May 15, 2006
2
To all of you DUMB PIGS here who still think juve is a great club and this is some kind of a conspiracy, here's some news for you... Juve is a F**KIN' cheater and they've been doing it for so many years, all of you are just too F**KIN' retarded to realize that, just as retarded as the Italian FA who need someone to actually tapped their phone to realize.
Who do you think win you all the 29 scudettos? Your manager? NOPE....Your players? DEFINITELY NOT....MAFIA? HELL YEAH !!!
So just accept the fact that all this time you're supporting a F**KIN' cheater and your team actually SUCKS BIG TIME!!!
OH...and last but not least coz I F**KIN' love this....this loser club of yours will be relegated (HOPEFULLY TO C2). And they very well deserved it coz that's where they should be without the cheating stuff.

I LOVE THIS....THIS IS GREAT NEWS !!!
 
Apr 1, 2006
23
From timesonline.co.uk - may 15th

'You are the boss! You own Serie A'

Our correspondent listens in on the phone-tap scandal engulfing Juventus

EXHIBIT ONE

Moggi, talking to Andrea Dalla Valle, a Fiorentina official, when the club was in danger of relegation with two weeks to go: “The problem is you didn’t come to me sooner. See, you didn’t know how things worked and you were hurt by it. Let’s see what we can work out so that you’re treated fairly from now on.”

Once your man is elected to run the FA, make it very clear that he owes his job to you and must do what you say. If he steps out of line be firm and swift in your response.


EXHIBIT TWO

Moggi talking to Innocenzo Mazzini, vice-president of the Italian FA, after Franco Carraro, head of the FA, talked about more “transparent” refereeing: “Tell him not to bust our balls. Better yet, I’ll talk to him and put him in his place.”

The referee selectors are crucial. They need to pass the message on to the officials that, if they make mistakes that hurt your club, their careers will be going nowhere.


EXHIBIT THREE

Moggi talking to Paolo Bergamo, one of Serie A’s two referee selectors, complaining about Pierluigi Collina and Roberto Rosetti, the officials, whose refereeing was too “objective”. “If you don’t punish Rosetti and Collina, all the other refs will feel entitled to do as they please. We don’t need them breaking our balls!” Some officials will nevertheless be independent and want to apply the laws of the game. When that happens, you need to get tough. Assaulting them after a game and locking them in the referees’ dressing-room is one way to do it.



EXHIBIT FOUR

Pietro Ingargiola, a referee assessor, talking to Tullio Lanese, head of the Italian referees’ association, after Juventus’s controversial 2-1 defeat away to Reggina: “He [Moggi] came into the dressing-room and was furious. He berated Paparesta [the referee], stuck his finger in his face and then locked him in there! It was crazy! Don’t worry, though, I’ m not saying a thing about it. I don’t remember anything and I didn’t see anything. But it was mad, I tell you!” You will need parts of the media on your side as well. It is a good idea to pick out a few favourite influential journalists and give them little treats: gossip, bits of news, interviews with your star players. The press can be very servile. Use the carrot-and-stick approach to get your way. In exchange, they will attack your enemies and defend your friends.


EXHIBIT FIVE

Moggi talking to Aldo Biscardi, presenter of a popular football show, after a 0-0 draw between Juventus and AC Milan, in which Andriy Shevchenko was controversially denied a penalty appeal: “You need to lay off the referee in this one. You either say the referee was correct in his decision or you don’t show the images at all and gloss over it.”

Over time, referees will get wind of this system and realise that it is in their best interest to help you out. Making favourable decisions is one way they can help, but there are other effective ways they can do this. One painless method is booking players who are one yellow card away from suspension the week before they face your team.


EXHIBIT SIX

In the 2004-05 season, 25 players picked up their bans in the week immediately before they faced Juventus. Tony Damascelli, a journalist, congratulating Moggi after two Bologna defenders received bookings that banned them from facing Juventus the next weekend: “Great job! You took out half their back four!” Sadly, some foolish people will get wind of your methods. You need to make it clear that, while you accept that not everyone will like you, those who speak out need to be punished.


EXHIBIT SEVEN

Moggi speaking to Antonio Giraudo, the Juventus chief executive, after Zdenek Zeman, the Lecce manager, had complained that Moggi was running Italian football: “We need to deal with him, we need to beat him up. We need to make him haemorrhage, that’s what we need to do. We’ll invent something, we’ll mess with some of his players.”

Control over players is essential. To do this, create a football agency and get your 32-year-old son to run it. Hand-pick partners for him, such as the scions of powerful families.


EXHIBIT EIGHT

Moggi’s son, Alessandro, was the chief executive of a company called GEA World, whose partners were Chiara Geronzi, the daughter of Cesare Geronzi, the head of Capitalia, Italy’s second-biggest bank, and the financial institution of choice for many clubs who relied on its credit to stay afloat, and Giuseppe De Mita, a former Lazio official and son of a former Italian Prime Minister. GEA represents about 200 footballers and managers in the Italian game.

Once you have set up your agency, your control over smaller clubs will be consolidated. You can now place players and managers where you please, knowing they will do your bidding.


EXHIBIT NINE

Stefano Argilli, the former Siena midfield player voted player of the year in 2004-05, was forced to leave the club last summer. “Our new manager was GEA, our general manager was GEA, half the team was GEA,” he said. “It was clear to me that if I wanted to stay, I would have to sack my agent and join GEA as well.”

If you do all this, people will fear you and respect you. Your enemies will feel powerless.


EXHIBIT TEN

Mazzini, the vice-president of the Italian FA, speaking to Moggi: “You’re the boss of the Italian game! You own Serie A!”
 

3pac

Alex Del Mexico
May 7, 2004
7,206
speed & skill said:
From timesonline.co.uk - may 15th


Funny how only about 1% of that is actually quotes, the actual incriminating parts are just written text that could be completely made up.
 
Apr 1, 2006
23
Even funnier if you are defending moggi who has just resigned from a club whose entire board has already resigned - why ?

No need to do anything if moggi & juve board are whiter than white !


For the pedantic or willfully obtuse here's the article without any padding or characters it is still damning and reads like a mafia movie.:tdown:


EXHIBIT ONE

“The problem is you didn’t come to me sooner. See, you didn’t know how things worked and you were hurt by it. Let’s see what we can work out so that you’re treated fairly from now on.”


EXHIBIT TWO
“Tell him not to bust our balls. Better yet, I’ll talk to him and put him in his place.”



EXHIBIT THREE

“If you don’t punish Rosetti and Collina, all the other refs will feel entitled to do as they please. We don’t need them breaking our balls!”



EXHIBIT FOUR

“He came into the dressing-room and was furious. He berated Paparesta , stuck his finger in his face and then locked him in there! It was crazy! Don’t worry, though, I’ m not saying a thing about it. I don’t remember anything and I didn’t see anything. But it was mad, I tell you!”


EXHIBIT FIVE

“You need to lay off the referee in this one. You either say the referee was correct in his decision or you don’t show the images at all and gloss over it.”




EXHIBIT SIX

“Great job! You took out half their back four!”


EXHIBIT SEVEN

“We need to deal with him, we need to beat him up. We need to make him haemorrhage, that’s what we need to do. We’ll invent something, we’ll mess with some of his players.”



EXHIBIT EIGHT

Factual but cirumstantial lol :D


EXHIBIT NINE
“Our new manager was GEA, our general manager was GEA, half the team was GEA,” he said. “It was clear to me that if I wanted to stay, I would have to sack my agent and join GEA as well.”


EXHIBIT TEN
“You’re the boss of the Italian game! You own Serie A!”


QUOTES FROM PREVIOUS POST

“Right, here’s what I was thinking.”

“Let’s hear it. Let’s see what matches up with what I was thinking. Who have you put where?”

“Right, I’ve arranged Inter-Roma, Juve-Udinese, Reggina-Milan, Fiorentina-Parma, and Siena-Messina. I’ve gone with [referees] Bertini, Paparesta, Trefolini, Racalbuto; I’d put Tombolini to start with, but he made a right cock-up of things with Lazio. He gave that penalty…”

“I wanted to make Tombolini miss a weekend, because he made that mistake. If you never punish people…”

“If you don’t punish Collina and Rosetti, all the rest will think they’ve got carte blanche to make whatever decisions they want.”

“I’ve never seen anything like it in my life. Moggi and Giraudo go in, and Moggi starts really threatening him, with his finger right up to the referee’s eye. He was shouting at the linesman too, ‘You’re an absolute disgrace, not giving that penalty, how dare you?’ I pretended not to see anything and went to the toilet.”

“I locked the referee (Paparesta) and linesmen in the toilet and took the keys away with me to the airport.”
 

3pac

Alex Del Mexico
May 7, 2004
7,206
speed & skill said:
Even funnier if you are defending moggi who has just resigned from a club whose entire board has already resigned - why ?

No need to do anything if moggi & juve board are whiter than white !


For the pedantic or willfully obtuse here's the article without any padding or characters it is still damning and reads like a mafia movie.:tdown:


Don't try and talk to me that way, I personally believe we're guilty on about 90% of the charges :agree:


I was merely pointing out that a good percentage of that article was very persuasive bullshit.
 

Quenya

New Member
May 15, 2006
7
Sir Sebastian said:
Don't try and talk to me that way, I personally believe we're guilty on about 90% of the charges :agree:


I was merely pointing out that a good percentage of that article was very persuasive bullshit.
at least your one of those who admit that your club ain't clean, for the good of Italian football your club should be relegated, and not just to serie b but to serie c1. your destroying for the rest of us don't you think it would be more joyful if you actually won your trophies rightfully instead of buying them.
 

imagr

Junior Member
Dec 22, 2005
98
Inter and milan fUns , u are just pathetic.. Juve is destroying Italian football? lol watch the Supercoppa final again and if u know what's the shape of the ball u will understand. If Moggi has done all these things he is accused for we should have won 12 Scudetti in 12 years and 12 CL. But anyway here is a chance for u to get a little hapiness from the media because from ur team u cannot. Anyway, just wait the result of the court and then we will see who laughes last :)
 

Quenya

New Member
May 15, 2006
7
imagr said:
Inter and milan fUns , u are just pathetic.. Juve is destroying Italian football? lol watch the Supercoppa final again and if u know what's the shape of the ball u will understand. If Moggi has done all these things he is accused for we should have won 12 Scudetti in 12 years and 12 CL. But anyway here is a chance for u to get a little happiness from the media because from ur team u cannot. Anyway, just wait the result of the court and then we will see who laughes last :)
easy for you to say, since the judge will most likly be in your pocket. :rolleyes:

I just hope that the judge for once have the guts to do the right thing, and that is to relegate you to serie c1. just imagine your self in our situation, how would you feel if your rival had stolen a couple of scudettos from you wouldn't you be pissed. of course you would.

I'm not only blaming you for our misfortune, since we mostly have to blame our self. but in two seasons if not 3 you have directly stolen the scudetto from us. 97/98 and 01/02
 

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