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Un Mangia Mangia Generale (Calciopoli Revisited)

San Moratti has been relatively silent over the last few days. Probably mulling his next moves on how to make Juventus spend another couple of years in Serie B since his team seem to be returning to the normal place in the championship – the one they are used to: beneath Juventus. Meanwhile Uncle Fester […]


Moggi Gets Rooney Right

This morning I read my usual fare of morning news while following the roundup of Juve’s miserable performance in the Europa league last night. The last article I read before packing off for work was Moggi’s weekly contribution to tuttomercatoweb in which he once again attacked Saint Moratti and pointed out the Intercettato Magnate’s incongruities. […]


Pronto? Giacinto?

Calciopoli 2 continues at a surprisingly slower pace.  It took Calciopoli  I 86 days to condemn Juventus to Serie B. Funnily enough with much more proof at its disposal Calciopoli II is dragging its feet. But here is an extract from the phone call between Bergamo and Facchetti for the sublime delectation of football fans […]


Intercettati FC – Trema, intercettato, trema

An article from today’s webnews and opinion. The recent developments in the Napoli trials continue to confirm J’accuse’s line since 2006. Juventus was no more guilty than any other of the “rubacchioni” in the Serie A over the last twenty years. Juventus paid for a conflation of a “malcostume” because it was convenient for others […]


Rueing Ribas da Cunha

Image via Wikipedia I’m back and normal blogging service will resume shortly. In the meantime we take the first punch of the football season. The real test is not some lost pitch in Ireland or against Sturm Graz but against strong Serie A third tier teams like Bari (10th last season). A machinated Juventus deservedly […]


The Penalty (a suggestion)

The rules of Association Football are over a hundred years old but rarely need a revamp. Of course recent improvements in technology have meant an increase in calls for fairer methods to ensure that the original rules are applied more thoroughly. Some may beg to differ since the original rules envisaged a fallible human as […]