Former FIGC chief Franco Carraro suggests Calciopoli was a bluff and admits “I had doubts over Juventus–Inter in 1998.”
Carraro was in charge of the Italian football during the Calciopoli scandal, which resulted in his resignation and Juve demoted to Serie B after they were found guilty of manipulating the designation of referees.
However, the 77-year-old hinted the bigger scandal was Ronaldo famously not being awarded a penalty when Inter played Juve for the Scudetto towards the end of the 1997-98 season.
Former FIGC chief Franco Carraro suggests Calciopoli was a bluff and admits “I had doubts over Juventus-Inter in 1998.”
Carraro was in charge of the Italian football during the Calciopoli scandal, which resulted in his resignation and Juve demoted to Serie B after they were found guilty of manipulating the designation of referees.
However, the 77-year-old hinted the bigger scandal was Ronaldo famously not being awarded a penalty when Inter played Juve for the Scudetto towards the end of the 1997-98 season.
“Luciano Moggi liked being called Lucky Luciano,” he told Corriere della Sera.
“He liked that Juve’s victories were partly linked to his ability to find players and way of influencing referees.
“Did he really influence them? He never succeeded in illicitly winning a title with Juventus.
“The only game that I had any doubts over was Juve-Inter, with that penalty not given to Ronaldo in 1998.
"Juve would have won those Scudetti anyway, they had the best Coaches [Marcello] Lippi and [Fabio] Capello.
"In fact in 2006 a Juventus-based national team won the World Cup."