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Paradiso to Inferno A long two-part explanation of the Moggi-Juventus scandal in Italy.
posted by sic at 11:22 AM on July 30
Oh, we take it all back. Serie A scandal teams get sentences lightened. What a laugh. "A sports court allowed Fiorentina and Lazio to rejoin Italy's top soccer division and reduced the points penalty against Juventus in Serie B after successful appeals Tuesday in a match-fixing scandal."
posted by worldcup2002 at 05:29 PM on July 26
Sorry guys but I beg to differ with the statement that players are not invovled in match-fixing. Maybe none we implicated this time but in previous scandals they were. If you are looking for a good book on the Italian league, check out Joe Mcginniss's The Miracle of Castel di Sangro: A Tale of Passion and Folly in the Heart of Italy. He followed a small Italian team around for a season and had access to the owner manager and players. It closes with the players throwing a game to guarantee that a certain gets promoted.
posted at 05:46 PM on July 26
Oh, we take it all back. Serie A scandal teams get sentences lightened. What a laugh. "A sports court allowed Fiorentina and Lazio to rejoin Italy's top soccer division and reduced the points penalty against Juventus in Serie B after successful appeals Tuesday in a match-fixing scandal."
posted by worldcup2002 at 05:29 PM on July 25
Every 5-10 of years an Italian game-fixing scandal comes out. There are threats of punishment but the tradition continues. It is a part of Italian football (and diving).
posted at 07:17 PM on July 25
Beckham spills guts for England; For Holland, clash begins before game with Portugal; brawl ensues. Just another day at the World Cup. Results inside.
posted by Texan_lost_in_NY at 08:24 PM on June 25
The refs have been woefully inconsistent and the physical play just keeps escalating.
posted at 09:16 PM on June 25
International Language of Hair
posted by justgary at 06:17 PM on June 23
So that's what we needed! Why waste our time learning to have a good first touch? Just have our guys get freaky haircuts and maybe we'd have advaced to the second round.
posted at 09:20 PM on June 23
USA World Cup They got stepped on and beat to almost every ball. Why was the defense so tenative? Best defense, .... mount an offense.
posted by viewfromhere at 10:39 PM on June 12
No first touch for a majority of the game. Czech players just waited on our weak passes or poor touches to counter. McBride was parked up top waiting for someone, anyone to cross a good ball in the air. That cannot be our entire offense!
posted at 11:38 PM on June 12
Sadly the Tim Parks book is echoed by The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro by Joe McGinniss where the author follows a lower division team through the season that includes match fixing, racism, etc.