Serie A De zomer van 2005 met rechtzaken & licenties

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Op zaterdag 6 augustus 2005 11:28 schreef Afunados het volgende:
Corradi wordt waarschijnlijk de opvolger van Gilardino bij Parma

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Toni dreams of Viola trident

Hitman Luca Toni talks about the new-look Fiorentina and the club assure fans that two more signings are on the way.

“I can play in any tactical system, with Valeri Bojinov and Giampaolo Pazzini or in a partnership with either of them,” noted the new arrival. “There are no problems in that sense and the Coach will be able to choose whoever is on top form at that time throughout the season.”

Toni was the Viola’s top choice centre-forward and completed a surprise £7m move from Palermo after netting 50 goals in two terms. He has proved successful during the summer tour, which saw three wins and a defeat.

“We have worked well in Japan and managed to practice some of our movements as a team, which is particularly important with so many new players” added Toni. “Now we must focus on preparing for the new season and getting a good start in the Coppa Italia against Lodigiani.”

The Stadio Artemio Franchi side has made many changes over the close season, but there are set to be more, according to President Andrea Della Valle.

“It’s a competitive squad, but we will sign another two reinforcements before the end of the summer,” said the patron. “The cherry on the cake was Toni and we’re close to being a great team.”

One of the potential candidates to join Fiorentina is Toni’s former Palermo teammate Cristian Zaccardo.

“I know him well and respect him as a player,” said the striker. “Zaccardo is also an Italian international and he’d make a fantastic signing. I’d be happy if he joined us, but clearly these decisions must be made by the clubs.”

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Genoa await appeal verdict

On Sunday evening Genoa will know which Division they’ll be playing in this season and President Enrico Preziosi maintains he did not fix a match.

“I can’t take this waiting any more and just hope they decide as quickly as possible,” said the toy tycoon. “I was stupid, I admit that, but I did not buy that result.”

The Disciplinary Commission demoted Genoa to Serie C1 and docked three points after a match-fixing scandal. The final game of the Serie B season that saw their promotion was a 3-2 win over already-relegated Venezia, but a Lagunari director was caught leaving Preziosi’s office with a suitcase that contained £173,000 cash.

Telephone conversations between the Genoa patron and Venezia chief Franco Dal Cin were also used in evidence against them. Their appeal was held on Friday at the CAF (Federal Court of Appeal) and a verdict should be delivered between Sunday evening and Monday morning.

It was not a good start, as all of Genoa’s initial protests about the evidence used were rejected almost immediately.

Should Genoa’s demotion be confirmed, or even changed to place them in Serie B instead, Treviso will be promoted to the top flight in their place.

As with Messina last week, the fans are staging protests in the city around the Porto Antico district, burning their electoral roll cards and throwing them into the sea.

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Op zondag 7 augustus 2005 13:54 schreef RedGuy het volgende:
Hoe zit het nou met Kovac, is die nou naar Juve of speelt ie nog bij Bayern? .

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Genoa cry 'Conspiracy!'

Anxiously awaiting their fate, Genoa have now launched accusations of a pre-meditated campaign against them and asked for the match-fixing trial to be scrapped.

The club has been demoted to Serie C1 and docked three points as a result of a match-fixing enquiry into the final game of the season, a 3-2 victory over Venezia that put them into the top flight.

Their appeal was heard by the CAF (Federal Court of Appeal) on Friday and a verdict is expected between this evening and Monday morning, but the entire situation could be plunged into uncertainty yet again.

“On Friday, while our lawyers were stating their case, some of the CAF judges were passing each other little notes than were then torn up and put in the bin,” accused President Enrico Preziosi in a dramatic Press Conference.

“This was all caught on camera and everyone noticed the odd behaviour. We fished the pieces out and put them back together again. The notes said, ‘Exclude from Serie B. The Federal Counsel will then assign them to either C1, C2 or the amateur Leagues.’ As you can see, the verdict was written before we even got the chance to state our case.”

Preziosi even photocopied the torn shreds of paper and passed them out to the members of the Press, demanding that the CAF trial be made null and void.

“We ask the sporting justice system to give dignity back to a trial that has certainly lost sight of its principles,” added lawyer Crippa. “We believe that the only course of action is to wipe out the entire procedure and start again.”

The evidence against Genoa piled up over the weeks since a Venezia general manager was caught leaving Preziosi’s office with a suitcase that contained £170,000 cash.

It was claimed this was an advance for Ruben Maldonado’s move, but the player knew nothing of the transfer. A series of telephone conversations between Preziosi and Venezia President Franco Dal Cin were also taped.

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Tim Cup: Genoa-Alessandria sospesa al 25'

GENOA: Russo (c), Di Maio, Ghomsi, Magelli, Borghese, Panizzolo, Feussi, Colurcio (vc), Mazzei, Volpara, Renzetti. A disposizione: Corti, Grea, Toma, Paparella, Marantino, Albanese, Cotelessa. All. Torrente.
CATANZARO: Belardi, Zini, Pierotti (vc), Miceli, De Simone, Ceccarelli, Myrtaj, Calzi, Corona (c), Morello, Folino. A disposizione: D'Urso, Caroleo, Ticli, Ottonello, Mancuso, Sorrentino, Piemontese. All. Buso.
ARBITRO: Dondarini (Finale Emilia).
NOTE: spettatori circa 2.000. Prima della partita č stato osservato un minuto di raccoglimento per la scomparsa dell'ex attaccante rossoblł Giuliano Fiorini.

Alessandria - Inizia tra i cori e gli incoraggiamenti dei sostenitori genoani l'avventura in Tim Cup dei grifoncini di mister Torrente, impossibilitato a dirigere dal campo le manovre dei suoi per impedimenti di ordine regolamentare. Nonostante la falcidie di assenze legata a infortuni (Moschella e Villacaro) e tesseramenti non ancora esecutivi (Antonelli, Botta, Cremona, Ferrando, Ferrara, Rocca e Zenga) di un bel gruppo di titolari, i rossoblł partono a spron battuto impensierendo i calabresi gią al 4'. E' Renzetti sulla sinistra a inserire il turbo e mettere nel mezzo, il traversone č raccolto dalla testa di Feussi, ma il pallone sorvola la traversa a portiere superato. Il caldo si fa sentire, ma le squadre si affrontano a viso aperto e la partita č piacevole sino alla sospensione decretata dall'arbitro al 25'. Dagli spalti piovono sul terreno alcuni razzi e petardi, e il direttore di gara dopo sei minuti di attesa fischia la chiusura definitiva dei giochi, accertata la mancanza delle condizioni per proseguire. I ragazzi di mister Torrente, prima di rientrare negli spogliatoi, vanno sotto la curva dei supporter genoani che gridano "serie A, serie A..".

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Genoa, Caf respinge il ricorso
ROMA, 8 agosto 2005 - La Commissione d'Appello Federale, presieduta da Cesare Martellino, ha respinto tutti i ricorsi presentati in merito al caso-Genoa, confermando cosģ la decisione adottata dalla Commissione Disciplinare della Lega. Dunque per il Genoa retrocessione in serie C e tre punti di penalizzazione da scontare nella prossima stagione. Confermati cinque anni di squalifica per Dal Cin e per il presidente del Genoa Preziosi, sei mesi per il giocatore Lejsal e cinque per Borgobello.

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Genoa appeal rejected

Genoa's appeal against their demotion to Serie C1, which was imposed following allegations of match-fixing, has been rejected.

The appeals commission of the Italian Football Federation has rejected all the appeals relating to the case and confirmed that all sanctions imposed against the club and officials would stand.

The Rossoblu, who have won nine Scudetti, gained promotion back to Serie A last season after a decade away.

However, last month they were sent down to Serie C1 after a probe into their 3-2 win over Venezia on the final day of the Serie B season.

The five-year bans handed out to club president Enrico Preziosi and general manager Stefano Capozucca also still stand.

Genoa will start next season with a three point penalty and they face further disciplinary action after more controversy on Sunday.

Their Coppa Italia tie against Catanzaro on Sunday was abandoned after 21 minutes when Genoa fans threw flares on to the pitch.

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Op dinsdag 9 augustus 2005 11:20 schreef okee6 het volgende:

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Altijd leuk, voetballen

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Op dinsdag 9 augustus 2005 11:19 schreef Afunados het volgende:
Om moe van te worden.

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New season fixtures on hold

Thursday’s proposed formulation of the new season’s fixtures has been stopped as a result of Genoa’s on-going struggle to avoid demotion.

The calendars for the 2005-06 campaign were set to be published later this week, but that now looks unlikely to happen.

A Genoa tribunal court has successfully ordered the Italian Football Federation to suspend the composition of the fixtures.

The move comes just 24 hours after Genoa failed in their attempts to be re-instated into the Italian top-flight.

The port club were demoted to the Third Division earlier this summer, after the Serie B champions were found guilty of alleged match-fixing in the final game of last term against Venezia.

The Stadio Marassi outfit unsuccessfully appealed to the Federal Appeal Commission (CAF) on Monday which seemed to bring an end to the saga.

But the Italian season has been thrown into further chaos, with just 19 days to go before the scheduled start, as Genoa are now attempting to prove their innocence with the help of a civil court.

"There have been other situations in football in which different measures have been taken to that of Genoa," said Alessandro Repetto, President of the Genoa Province.

"Several come to mind, such as (Roma's Philippe) Mexes' case, and (Juve doctor Riccardo) Agricola's case.

"We hope that we can suspend the sporting sentence by taking our case to Genoa's tribunal."

It’s unclear at this stage what the Federation will do or when we will definitely know which sides will be playing in what Division next term.

Meanwhile, Genoa have been handed a one-game home stadium ban after their fans caused the abandonment of their Coppa Italia tie over the weekend.

Fans threw flares on to the pitch in protest at their demotion, resulting in Catanzaro being handed a 3-0 victory and safe passage to the next round.

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Genoa force fixture list freeze

Genoa’s legal battle has forced the postponement of the Serie A and B fixture lists, but FIGC President Franco Carraro insists they belong in the Third Division.

“The 2005-06 campaign is set to kick off on August 28 and we will stick to that date,” announced Carraro this evening. “We have postponed the drawing up of the calendars in order to allow the courts to do their job in the best atmosphere.”


The fixture lists were originally set to be drawn on Thursday, but that meeting has been called off and the most optimistic suggestion for a reschedule is August 19 – just over a week before the season begins.


Genoa’s legal battle against their demotion to Serie C1 as a result of a match-fixing scandal has called in the civil courts and blocked any further procedures to begin a top flight campaign without them.


“Genoa’s decision to go to the civil courts has done serious damage on a sporting, moral and economic level to all of Italian football,” added an angry Carraro.


“We cannot delay the start of the season past August 28, as it would constitute a violation of the rules set out by the Government, the CONI (Italian Olympic Committee) and international football organisations.”


The FIGC had in theory protected itself from this sort of interference with the Urbani-Pescante ruling that stated the only courts with jurisdiction over sporting matters were the Lazio TAR tribunal, the CAF Federal Court of Appeal and the State Counsel. However, Genoa’s appeal to their local TAR has succeeded in at least temporarily halting their punishment following the match-fixing trial.


“The tribunal simply does not have jurisdiction over sporting matters,” added the FIGC chief. “Genoa’s case is one of sporting irregularities. It is the duty of the Federation to apply the laws of its own sport. It’s not a question of wanting to do this or not – there is no alternative. Rules must be respected. Genoa will be deferred to the Disciplinary Commission for taking this action and could earn another penalty, forcing them to start Serie C1 with a six-point deduction rather than three.”


There are now rumours that Genoa’s battle will force Serie A to expand to 21 teams, much as Serie B did when Catania staged a legal challenge through a succession of civil courts two summers ago.

“The Federation rules state that to change the format of a Division we need at least a year’s advance, so that is out of the question,” he answered.

Genoa is not the only problem at hand, as Reggina are also under investigation for paperwork they used to register for the new season. Bologna have launched an appeal and the Covisoc will meet on Thursday or Friday to discuss the matter.

These are the teams that will be in Serie A and B next season, pending the result of Genoa’s civil court action and the investigation on Reggina:

SERIE A

Ascoli, Cagliari, Chievo, Empoli, Fiorentina, Inter, Juventus, Lazio, Lecce, Livorno, Messina, Milan, Palermo, Parma, Reggina, Roma, Sampdoria, Siena, Treviso, Udinese

SERIE B:

Albinoleffe, Arezzo, Atalanta, Avellino, Bari, Bologna, Brescia, Catania, Catanzaro, Cesena, Cremonese, Crotone, Mantova, Modena, Pescara, Piacenza, Rimini, Ternana, Torino, Triestina, Verona, Vicenza