…you’d be correct. It’s been reported that the Bari defender took 180,000 euros last to score the goal against his own team in a bitterly-contested relegation battle involving Lecce, a club that finished only five points above the drop zone. Lecce “won” the game 2-0 in May of last year against the already sent-down Bari. Apparently some team-mates feared they would not get paid at the time.
He’s now been arrested, and eight other Bari players are also under scrutiny as part of an on-going investigation in Italian match-fixing by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC):
In June last year, the Interior Ministry set up a special match-fixing task force in response to a number of high-profile cases. The former Atalanta captain and Italy midfielder Cristiano Doni was banned for three and a half years in August for his part in the “Calcioscommesse” match-fixing scandal involving Serie B games last season.
Atalanta, promoted from Serie B, were deducted six points in the top flight this season as a result, while the former Lazio and Italy striker Giuseppe Signori was banned for five years and 15 other players were banned for between one and five years for their part in the same scandal.
The seriousness of this investigation cannot be understated. Well-regarded Italian football writer Rocco Cammisola alerted me a little while ago over the “worst-case” scenario when all the dirty laundry is finally aired:
@RWhittall Lazio relegated is one. Bari sent down further. Lecce punished despite achieving survival. Whole half-season rendered pointless.
— Rocco (@rcammisola) March 28, 2012
We’ll track this story as it progresses, and cheers to KJ for giving me the heads up on this!
The trouble is that that own goal didn’t look that suspicious to me. You see plays similar to that one all the time in every league. If I had seen it live, I would have shrugged it off as a terrible play by a terrible player on a terrible relegated team.
Are Wolves going to go into full tank and cheat mode now that it looks like they will go down?
I am curious as to why Mr. Cammisola says that Lazio may get relegated in a worst case scenario. What do they have to do with Masiello being corrupt? They werent involved in that episode in any way. Or is he refering to Signori’s part in the Doni crimes? Why would Lazio get relegated because of that? Signori has no job within the club and hasnt played for them in years. Why would the current Lazio club have to pay the ultimate price of relegation for a crime a FORMER player committed? Even when they had nothing to do with it. This doesnt make sense to me. Someone please answer this or Im just going to have to believe that Cammisola is just a bitter Roma fan.
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