In 2006, Massimo De Santis lost his World Cup spot just a few weeks before the final tournament started in Germany due to his involvement in Calciopoli. The scandal is not over yet and is likely to involve another Italian elite referee, Gianluca Rocchi, pre-selected by FIFA for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Two days after the sentence of the Court of Auditors, which forces many people involved in the scandal to pay compensation for damage to the FIGC image, more news are coming from Naples with the demands of condemnation made at the appeal hearing by Assistant Attorney General Carmine Esposito. Four years in prison, one more than the sentence imposed by the first instance, and 30,000 euro fine for Antonio Giraudo, former CEO of Juventus. Giraudo was not just a participant in the conspiracy to commit fraud, but one of the promoters. Esposito also asked for 3 years in prison for the former referee Tiziano Pieri (convicted initially for 2 years and 4 months), as well as for confirmation of sentences of 2 years in prison for the former referees Tullio Lanese and Paolo Dondarini. The Assistant Attorney General has also sought an order to condemn the defendants who were initially acquitted: 2 years in prison for the former assistant referee Duccio Baglioni, 1 year and 4 months for the referee Gianluca Rocchi, pre-selected for World Cup 2014 and who recently refereed at the Olympic Games in London, 1 year and 6 months for the former referee Stefano Cassara, 1 year and 4 months for the former assistant Giuseppe Foschetti, 1 year and 6 months for the former referee Marco Gabriele, 1 year and 4 months for the former assistant referee Alessandro Griselli, 1 year and 4 months for the former referee Domenico Messina. The sentencing is scheduled for 5 December 2012.
Source: La Gazzetta delo Sport
Source: La Gazzetta delo Sport
