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Chapter 231 The Great Earthquake in Italian Football
PS: 1. 2020 is coming soon. I wish all the people who are thinking about you a safe year.

2. Because it is laying the groundwork for the next European Cup, there are no matches for the time being. There are still two league games left in Ligue [-]. I will write them briefly or in detail. I will bring them to you later, but it will be next year, hehe.

3. Once again, I wish you all a happy New Year's Day and a happy new year!
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Wang Zi is becoming more and more famous in France, and this has already happened a long time ago.

Wang Zi has recently become famous in the UK, because he is the Golden Boot of the Ligue [-] this season, because he became popular in the "Sun", and because of his relationship with Hazard, the object of Chelsea's "gossip".

But in Italy, the well-known Wang Zi was somewhat "ignored" by the Italian media. The make-up match between Paris Saint-Germain and Lille was over, and the Italian media who reported on the matter did not comment on it.

As for the reason, it is not because Wang Zi is no longer popular in the eyes of the Italian football media, nor is it that Wang Zi is no longer newsworthy, but because the recent events in Italian football have long surpassed the news hotspots that a single player can come by.

Seeing that the Serie A league is coming to an end, and the European Cup will follow, but during this period of time, two things have caused Italian football to become precarious.

One is because of the match-fixing case that has been fermenting since last summer.

As early as a year ago, the Italian police had conducted a forensic investigation on the match-fixing case, and made great progress afterwards. Due to the conclusive evidence of gambling, seventeen suspected match-fixing personnel, including former Italian internationals Signori and Zamperini, and former Atlanta team captain Doni, have been arrested by the Italian police.

It is worth mentioning that this is not the first time that Dhoni has been involved in match-fixing. As early as 2001, Atlanta was found to be involved in match-fixing in a Coppa Italia match.At that time, Doni was regarded as the organizer and mastermind of the case, but he escaped punishment because of insufficient evidence.

The match-fixing case that broke out this time is another major scandal in Italian football after the "Gate" in 2006. A total of [-] Italian clubs at all levels were involved in match-fixing, including Atlanta and Chievo, two Serie A teams.

Subsequently, the Italian Football Association quickly punished this scandal. Among them, Atalanta in Serie A will be deducted six points in the new season. Doni, who has played for Atlanta for many years, will be suspended for three and a half years. Signori, who has retired, will be banned from football activities for five years.

I thought this was the end of the match-fixing case, but I didn't know that this was just the beginning. After a series of investigations, great turmoil followed.

The Italian police have made even bigger gains recently. According to the Italian media "mediaset", around the middle of last month, a participant in the match-fixing case who was arrested has confessed and revealed more violent information.

In just a few hours, the name of the arrested player Gervasoni spread throughout the Italian football world. All Italian media rushed to report on the defender who played for Piacenza before his arrest. This unknown player in football is not only a player of Piacenza, but also a middleman between the gambling syndicate and the players.

Previously, two clubs, Atlanta and Chievo, had been the focus of the prosecution's investigation of gambling. With the deepening of the investigation and Gervasoni's confession, more and more Italian clubs were suspected of match-fixing.

For this reason, Italian prosecutors held a hearing on the football gambling case at the end of April. Italian Football Federation President Abbet announced, "The Italian Football Federation has always adopted zero-tolerance measures against match-fixing, and all those responsible will be punished."

Just a few days ago, before the make-up match between Lille and Paris Saint-Germain, before the penultimate round of Serie A, the anti-gambling storm in Italy achieved further results. After several months of investigation, the Cremona District Prosecutor’s Office announced the preliminary conclusion of the investigation: a total of 22 Italian clubs and 61 people were involved in gambling, of which 33 domestic league games were not clean.

As soon as the news came out, the world was shocked, and the entire Italian football world was in turmoil.

Therefore, the Italian media simply don't have much time to report on other "little things" at this time, and following up on the gambling case is the most important thing.

In the eyes of various Italian media, when the European Cup is approaching, the Italian gambling case also cast a shadow over the national team's expedition.

"The scandal was exposed in 2006, and we won the World Cup. What about this time?" The Italian veteran Materazzi's unique statement also responded "sensibly" to various media who were pessimistic about the national team's European Cup trip.

At the same time, Materazzi's remarks also expressed the views of many Italian fans.

After all, this is proved by historical facts. The Italian team won the last two major championships, namely the 1982 World Cup and the 2006 World Cup. Before these two major competitions, match-fixing scandals broke out in Italian football.

Before 1982, a match-fixing scandal broke out in Italian football. Forward Rossi was suspended for two years.As a result, he helped the team pass all the way and finally won the World Cup.

Before the 2006 World Cup, the notorious "Callgate" scandal broke out in Italy. Juventus was relegated to the second division, and AC Milan lost the game.But in this World Cup, the Italian team made it all the way to the final, and finally defeated France on penalties, lifting the Hercules Cup for the fourth time in history.

Although there are similar historical "convicts", the European Cup has not yet started, and everything is still hard to say. It is more just the self-consolation of the fans and the return of the media.

But recently, it has been more than just a match-fixing case, which is enough to cause an earthquake in Italian football. The so-called unrest, another wave.

The penultimate round of Serie A ended on May 30. With the end of the No.[-] seven rounds of Serie A, Juventus won the league championship one round ahead of schedule.

At this time, Aligo Sacchi, the former head coach of the Italian national team and the founder of the Milan dynasty, made a heartfelt comment on Serie A:

"Serie A is over, and Juventus should be congratulated for winning the championship, but that's all. Many people are saying that La Liga is boring. It's just the decisive battle between Real Madrid and Barcelona. I think Serie A is boring. We have reached a stage where we must reflect on ourselves and gradually improve our football ideas. Otherwise, the quarter-finals of the Champions League next year may miss Serie A clubs."

"La Liga has an absolute advantage over Real Madrid and Barcelona. The Premier League has a group of rising teams. The Bundesliga is also approaching the field of strong football step by step. Serie A continues to fight puzzles and continues to have no football philosophy of its own."

"I had no intention of chilling the passion of Juventus to win the championship, let alone the mood of the Inter players who just won the derby. For a long time, I have been quietly recalling the former Milan. We had at least the initiative in more than 80% of the games. We at least did not lose to the opponent in defense, and the offense was stronger than the opponent. Now everything has changed. More and more teams hope to draw Serie A teams, because our team has too much instability, lack of running-in, and lack of clear offensive and defensive thinking. Most teams are bloody beyond rationality."

"On this point, many people from Juventus also agree with me, even though the champion is already in hand. The Serie A team must regain its dominance in the Champions League, at least not become an underdog. Who can achieve this goal now? Who can calmly defeat Mourinho's Real Madrid and Guardiola's Barcelona? There are batches of new stars emerging behind us, where is our La Masia? This alone has created the cause and effect of Serie A’s fall. Our greatest contribution is to extend the professional playing time of the players, and our greatest failure is to prevent the growth of newcomers.”

"Even so, I still have expectations. I believe that Italian football will find a path. There will be people who are determined to reform and have the conditions for reform."

Sacchi's words of worry from the bottom of his heart caused another storm in the downturn in Italian football.

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