Italian Football

[-V-]

Really really disgusts me. So many of the matches today were fixed. I had heard various reports about some of the matches to be held today, sure enough all came out as expected. The bookies knew in advance what to expect hence the ridiculous odds given for the top teams.

Sure enough- Milan, Lazio and Empoli all threw their games today.

Italian football will never change. Pathetic

[lfcruleus]

did you have money on it as you were so sure?

[Craig_H]

Really really disgusts me. So many of the matches today were fixed. I had heard various reports about some of the matches to be held today, sure enough all came out as expected. The bookies knew in advance what to expect hence the ridiculous odds given for the top teams.

Sure enough- Milan, Lazio and Empoli all threw their games today.

Italian football will never change. Pathetic

Out of interest, what did they have to gain from throwing them?

Or are we just talking simple bribes?

[Howard_lfc]

Italians are so bent they couldn't lie straight in bed.

FACT! (cheers Kaip)

[-V-]

Against teams fighting relegation. I put a couple of quid on each of Milan, Lazio, Empoli and Cagliari. In the vain hope that the crazy odds offered by the bookies werent because of a fix. Rumours all week have said that the bottom teams were to win because the games were fixed well in advance. The bookies were offering very very small odds on the minnows so it was obvious.

As expected the top teams all lost. Not the first time its happened this season. Happened a few times over the last couple of months. Always at the final run-in.

Pathetic

[lfcruleus]

Never met a skint bookie mate not even an italian one, Chievo went down because of it though cant see them taking it quietly if your right.

[mchaggis]

it shouldn't even be called football... Italians are ***** anyways

[Helios Creed]

Really really disgusts me. So many of the matches today were fixed. I had heard various reports about some of the matches to be held today, sure enough all came out as expected. The bookies knew in advance what to expect hence the ridiculous odds given for the top teams.

Sure enough- Milan, Lazio and Empoli all threw their games today.

Italian football will never change. Pathetic

they rigged our final too.

[wavydavy]

It does go on. A few years ago that great Milan side of the 90s was playing the last game of the season against some team or other. That team needed a draw to stay up and it was rumoured that Milan were gonna let that happen for whatever reason. Can't remember what it was. Anyway it was on C4 and it was the direst game imagineable and had 0-0 written all over it from the first whistle and bear in mind this team had Papin, Simmone, Boban, Savecevic et al playing for them!
5 min from the end I think it was Donadoni let fly towards goal and it flew in totally against plan. What followed was ****ing shameful. A player was immediately allowed by the Milan defence, including the great Franco Baresi, to waltz through and score COMPLETELY unchallanged to secure a 1-1 draw. I've never seen anything like it before or since.

[RedWolverine]

Italians are so bent they couldn't lie straight in bed.

FACT! (cheers Kaip)

[loco_law]

they rigged our final too.

Glad I'm not the only one that thinks this....

[Ron_Mexico]

Glad I'm not the only one that thinks this....

explain what you mean, do you think the ref was bent or something?

[loco_law]

explain what you mean, do you think the ref was bent or something?

I absolutely 100% totally think that the ref was either paid, or instructed by Platini that it was to go Milan's way. Period.

I know we had our chances, and believe me I don't want to hear how we should have converted them because I know we should have, but 27 fouls to 15, at least half of those fouls were ****ing crap, a MINIMUM 3 minutes of extra time that turned into less than 2 and a half with at least 30 seconds wasted from the crawl off substitution that also wasn't added on as well. Maybe he was too busy looking at the nice Rolex he was given before the match to worry about actual timekeeping, I'm not sure. I was seriously floored within the first 10 minutes of the match with the calls that were being made, and knew we were done right there.

Also, 6 games he's reffed LFC, we've now lost all of them. Reffed 7 games for Milan, and they've magically won all of those. This German bitch was hand picked for this match from the head of UEFA. No questions in my mind. It reminded me of the Pele movie Victory it was so poor.


But that's just my opinion. WTF do I know, I'm Canadian.

[Dhav]

I absolutely 100% totally think that the ref was either paid, or instructed by Platini that it was to go Milan's way. Period.

I know we had our chances, and believe me I don't want to hear how we should have converted them because I know we should have, but 27 fouls to 15, at least half of those fouls were ****ing crap, a MINIMUM 3 minutes of extra time that turned into less than 2 and a half with at least 30 seconds wasted from the crawl off substitution that also wasn't added on as well. Maybe he was too busy looking at the nice Rolex he was given before the match to worry about actual timekeeping, I'm not sure. I was seriously floored within the first 10 minutes of the match with the calls that were being made, and knew we were done right there.

Also, 6 games he's reffed LFC, we've now lost all of them. Reffed 7 games for Milan, and they've magically won all of those. This German bitch was hand picked for this match from the head of UEFA. No questions in my mind. It reminded me of the Pele movie Victory it was so poor.


But that's just my opinion. WTF do I know, I'm Canadian.

I agree the ref on Wed was an absolute disgrace.

Not only did he give them everything and us nothing, the injury time thing was absolutely pathetic. When he indicated 3 mins injury time, there had already been 5 substitutions (which at 30 seconds per sub which is what the ref must add) makes 2 and a half minutes alone, not to mention the idiot that run on to the pitch at the start of the second half and the Milan player (Inzaghi?) who fouled Kewell and yet he was the one rolling on the floor like he was shot and was attended to by the physio. Then there was the Milan sub during injury time and not to mention everything else that happened in the 2nd half that the ref should have added time on for but I cant think of. The ****** of a ref should have given at least 5 mins of injury time, never mind 3 mins and blow after 2 and a half (isnt it supposed to be a minimum of 3 mins?

He made some very poor decisions throughout the match, which favoured Milan, and it is hard to think that wasnt intentional, if only on a subconscious level if nothing else.

As for Inzaghi's first goal, did it not come off his arm? Probably it was unintentional, but IMO if a player touches the ball with his arm and gets an unfair advantage, that should be a foul. I dont know if that is the rule, but it should be.

[tomasjj]

Just before the trophy was presented, Berlusconi and Platini was shaking hands behind it....oh the irony....oh the symbolism...oh, what utter ****s...