Italy Coach Antonio Conte is “bitterly disappointed, but I go forward” after trial was recommended in a match-fixing scandal.
Today the Cremona prosecutor suggested 104 people indicted for sporting fraud should go to trial, so now they’ll present the evidence to a judge who will decide whether or not to go ahead.
When it comes specifically to Conte’s situation, more details are emerging.
Italy Coach Antonio Conte is “bitterly disappointed, but I go forward” after trial was recommended in a match-fixing scandal.
Today the Cremona prosecutor suggested 104 people indicted for sporting fraud should go to trial, so now they’ll present the evidence to a judge who will decide whether or not to go ahead.
When it comes specifically to Conte’s situation, more details are emerging.
“I am bitterly disappointed, but I go forward,” he told Sport Mediaset.
It seems of the original two games ex-Siena boss Conte was indicted for, only one actually remains in the possible trial.
He was cleared for Novara-Siena and accused of sporting fraud in Albinoleffe-Siena, both in the 2010-11 Serie B season.
However, the description put forward by Prosecutor Roberto Di Martino suggests Conte is only accused of “failing to safeguard the moral conduct of his players” rather than performing any illegal acts himself.
This follows from the sporting trial into the same match, in which he was handed a 10-month ban (reduced to four on appeal) for “failing to alert the authorities to a potential fix.”
Conte always maintained his innocence, insisting he was unaware of any irregularities.
The Siena case was primarily built around the testimony of player Filippo Carobbio, but his version of events was denied by all of his teammates.