Massimo Moratti fires back at Stefano Palazzi for accusing Giacinto Facchetti – Serie A Update
Inter Milan President, Massimo Moratti, has countered the Italian FA chief investigator, Stefano Palazzi, regarding his comments related to the Calciopoli scandal. Palazzi claimed that Inter were involved in the corruption case and violated many rules in
order to book the refereeing bodies, hence getting better rankings in the Italian Serie A.
According the FIGC official, new evidence has revealed crucial information that clearly reveals that the 2006/07 title winners, the Nerazzurri, were an active party in match fixing. Palazzi accused the former Inter President, Giacinto Facchetti, for bribing
the referees in the games Inter played that season.
In light of the allegations posed, Moratti was quick to respond and defend the late President of Inter. Facchetti died in September 2006 and is wildly recognized as a Nerazzurri symbol.
“To be honest, I can cut myself out of this, I am secondary, but the fact that Facchetti has been regarded in the way he has is a serious, offensive, stupid thing. Inter fans know exactly what kind of person he was. The gentlemen who will sit down around
that table to decide – I'm not quite sure what – know exactly what he was like. There are no new elements, only things that others had already judged to be of little note,” said the oil baron.
Moreover, the President referred to Palazzi’s allegations as a direct referral to Inter Milan and Moratti was furious that his club is being accused of Corruption.
“I think this is a very serious attack, a heavy attack, on the club. It's unacceptable, absolutely unacceptable; Palazzi is wrong. This is an attack by the prosecutor and there's no trial, so people can say what they want about this. I categorically refuse
to accept it, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 does not accept it and what makes the whole thing reek even more is the fact that Facchetti has been caught up in it,” concluded Moratti.
Calciopoli is considered to be the darkest period of the Italian top flight, as many of the top teams were charged. Teams such as AC Milan, Fiorentina, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lazio-c39775 and Reggina were only fined by a deduction in their points. However, Juventus were the team that
suffered the most in the aftermath of the corruption.
La Vecchia Signora were stripped of their 2006/07 Scudetto title, which was handed over to Inter Milan and adding to it, the Bianconeri were relegated down to the second division, Serie B. Juventus recently filed a case in order to reclaim their league title
but the outcome was no good as the title remains with the Nerazzurri.
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