Super Marshal

In just one night, the evidence announced by Gao Han at the Meazza Stadium spread rapidly from Milan to every corner of Italy, spread throughout Europe, and spread all over the world at an incredible speed.

Media and fans around the world were stunned.

No one thought that Serie A, known as the top four major leagues in Europe, would actually have such a shady secret.

More importantly, Gao Han actually took huge risks himself to expose this conspiracy.

Overnight, the whole news spread rapidly, and Gao Han quickly occupied the front pages of major media around the world.

Since the irrefutable evidence provided by Gao Han came from phone hacking recordings, the media invariably gave this storm a code name, Telephone Gate.

But on the cusp of this storm, Juventus general manager Moggi launched a counterattack.

After returning to Turin that night, he immediately accepted interviews with many media, including Turin Sports News, publicly accusing Gao Han of being irresponsible and fabricating evidence.

"The voices in the media are now full of prejudice against me, and they use a vicious and hostile mentality to stir up trouble in order to promote their sales."

"I don't know why Gao Han is making such slanderous rumors. His team has already won the championship in advance. He should be satisfied with this result, but compared to the results achieved by Inter Milan, he seems to care more about the halo above his head."

"You know, there are always some people in the world who want the whole world to worship them."

As for the evidence provided by Gao Han, Moji said that the phone recording was indeed true and that he made the call.

"I don't think the phone recording can prove anything. I have been in Serie A for so many years. I am very good friends with Paireto and Mattei. We joke together on weekdays. I even told people However, I planned to poach Gao Han to coach at Juventus, but I later changed my mind."

"I don't know who tapped our phones, but this is absolutely illegal and I will press charges immediately and block all tape recordings."

Moji said he was used to the attacks he faced.

"In the past few years, we at Juventus have always been the most influential team in Serie A and Europe. There is a saying that is right. The higher you climb, the more troubles you encounter. This is true in life. It’s a rule, and it’s the same in professional football.”

"So, people like me must have a character that is always full of courage and continues to move forward."

But just when Moji's report had just been published, and probably hadn't even attracted much public attention, some mainstream media in Europe and even the world had received a piece of material sent by Gao Han himself, which included all the information about the past period. All the materials about the Telephone Scandal collected by Gao Han and obtained from anonymous people.

Media public opinion was once again in an uproar.

Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport took the lead in reporting this incident in a large space. Many media and newspapers such as the British Sun, German Bild, French L'Equipe and Spanish Marca have published the materials submitted by Gao Han.

It includes records of Moggi’s phone calls with Football Association officials, referee committee officials, and numerous Serie A referees over the past two years, and clearly shows the fact that he is manipulating referee assignments.

But just when public opinion was rapidly fermenting, Italian Football Federation President Carraro held a press conference in Rome.

At the meeting, Carraro clearly expressed his dissatisfaction and accusation against Gao Han's approach, believing that it was a challenge to the existing rules of Italian football and a very irresponsible behavior.

"I hope everyone in the Italian football community will remain calm and should not be taken advantage of by outside public opinion."

"Gao Han's actions are not in line with the rules at all. As a professional head coach, what he should do is to transfer all the materials he has to the Football Association, and the Football Association will verify the authenticity and then decide whether to take the next step, rather than making his own decisions. If announced to the outside world, this will cause immeasurable damage to Serie A."

"Yes, we are carefully studying whether to punish Gao Han for his behavior or even file charges."

Carraro's statement caused the entire public opinion to explode again, and even greatly stimulated the fans.

Everyone couldn't believe it. Shouldn't he investigate this matter thoroughly at this time and return the truth to the public? Why do you want to put out the fire, or even punish Gao Han?

The media began to speculate that Carraro himself was not clean, which was also shown in Gao Han's evidence.

Just as Carraro finished his words, the Italian Sports Court also responded to public opinion and held a press conference.

Interestingly, the sports court has completely opposite attitudes to the Italian Football Federation.

A spokesman for the Sports Court said that handing over all the evidence to the Football Association will not solve the matter better. If the Italian prosecutorial system is unwilling to thoroughly investigate the matter and file criminal charges against Moggi and others, then the Sports Court will The courts have the power to impose the harshest penalties on those who have truly violated the rules of Italian professional football.

This organization, which is independent of the Italian Football Association, was immediately welcomed by public opinion and fans after this round of statements.

At the same time, as public opinion heated up, more and more forces resisting Moji's power gradually emerged.

Fraino, who is now the president of Ravenna Club, was Moggi's club president when he was in Naples. He publicly broke the news in the media that Moggi played a contributing role in Maradona's cocaine use incident, and He is also suspected of helping Maradona falsify tests.

Soon, Perugia Chairman Gauci also came forward. In an interview with the media, he revealed that the son of Italian Football Association Chairman Carraro and the daughter of Italy's largest bank chairman Geronci jointly run a football business company with Moggi's son Xiao Mo. Ji's GEA company has close contacts.

GEA is also not clean. This agency, which controls more than 70% of Italian football business, was soon exposed. It used intimidation and violence against players during transfers, and sufficient evidence was collected. .

In other words, the evidence provided by Gao Han in the revelations was all confirmed.

At this time, the Rome Procuratorate also publicly announced that it would open a case to investigate GEA and sent a court summons to Moggi.

This also made Moji the first defendant in the Telephone scandal.

As Carraro's relationship with GEA was revealed, outside public opinion once again became agitated, accusing the Italian Football Association of inaction and corruption, with Chairman Carraro bearing the brunt.

In order to calm the public's anger, the Italian Referee Committee immediately responded and suspended four Serie A gold medal players including Paireto and Mattei in the remaining three rounds of the league, including DeSantis. The referee was also suspended from serving, and the bald referee Collina temporarily served as the referee assignor, responsible for the referee assignment business.

The Italian Football Association also made an official announcement, stating that the Football Association is fully investigating Paireto, Mattei and others.

However, the Football Association officials involved in the Telephone Scandal, including Football Association Chairman Carraro and Vice Chairman Mazzini, all remain in office. Mazzini said in an interview with the media that he believed that the fairness of the judiciary would clear their names.

Just as public opinion continued to heat up, Prodi, the new Italian Prime Minister who had just taken office, published a signed article in Turin La Stampa, publicly supporting Gao Han's move to expose the Telephone Scandal, believing that this was a major contribution to Italy's anti-corruption work.

"Italy needs a moral shock, and Italian football needs a thorough investigation!"

Following the statement from the highest government official, public opinion quickly erupted.

Prosecutors' offices in Rome, Naples, Milan, Turin and other regions immediately took action upon hearing the news and launched a thorough investigation into the Telephone Scandal.

In fact, all the evidence has been collected for a long time. Now that it is fully launched, the truths revealed one after another have shocked the whole world. No one thought that Moggi could do whatever he wanted in Italian football to this extent, even He dared to lock the referee team in the referee lounge after the game, but no one dared to mention it.

What is even more shocking is that the connection between Moji and many important government officials is even more involved in political corruption.

For a time, the phone scandal quickly triggered a shocking storm that swept through the three circles of Italian politics, business and football.

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Turin, Italy, Fiat Group headquarters.

In the high-level conference room, Fiat Group Chairman Montezemolo, President Gabbetti, Vice Chairman John Elkann, and board member Andre Agnelli, the great-grandson of the old Agnelli, gathered together.

What can make these four most powerful and influential figures in the Fiat Kingdom sit down for a meeting to discuss is the phone scandal that has been rapidly developing in recent days.

"Now there is overwhelming public opinion from the outside world, and everyone is pointing the finger at us, Juventus. This is obviously unacceptable."

The speaker was the future heir to the Fiat Kingdom, Vice Chairman John Elkann.

"Last year, the doping scandal just subsided, and now there is another phone scandal. I don't know what scandals will happen next, but none of us can accept this happening again and again. If something happens, someone must take responsibility for these things and wash away the shame of the family and the group."

After many years of experience within the group, John Elkann's abilities have been recognized by everyone and he is recognized as the future successor, and his statement also represents the attitude of the Agnelli family.

As the Italian royal family in the eyes of the public, the Agnelli family will never allow its Juventus to repeatedly break out such scandals.

Especially this time, even the Italian Prime Minister came forward.

"Giraudo and Moggi have gone too far this time. In the past few years, due to the good performance of the club, our group has indeed been too indulgent to them, but this is certainly not a healthy long-term business approach."

After his cousin John Elkann expressed his attitude, Andre Agnelli also came forward to express his stance.

"My opinion is that although this Calciopoli incident has some impact on us, it also gives us an opportunity to rectify Juventus and make this team the glory of the family and the group again."

The two representatives of the Agnelli family have expressed their opinions, and the other two have no objections.

"But the question now is, who will take over Juventus?" Group Chairman Montezemolo asked with concern.

Juventus is like a business card to the Fiat Group and the Agnelli family. It is very important and must be held tightly.

From the perspective of the four of them, it was just a piece of cake to get rid of Gilaudo and Moji. The key was how to deal with the aftermath.

Just when everyone was in a dilemma, Andre Agnelli volunteered.

"I'll go."

"I agree that it is appropriate for Andre to go, but we should find a suitable leader for him." John Elkann immediately spoke out in support.

It was obvious that both of them had made their decision beforehand.

Even so, neither Montezemolo nor Gabbetti objected.

In this way, the fate of Gilaudo, Moji and Bettega being abandoned was pronounced!