Former Juventus director Luciano Moggi hits back at Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti who claimed Calciopoli had been a good thing for Italian football.
Moggi had hired Ancelotti at Juventus in 1999 and was banned from Italian football a few years later following the Calciopoli scandal. Ancelotti said earlier this week that Calciopoli was a ‘positive’ event which allowed to clean Italian football.
Moggi has now replied to the Real Madrid coach with a column published in Libero newspaper.
“Dear Carlo, your claims make me think you forget about your time at Juventus and don’t realise that you are also reporting yourself. You were part of that ‘dirty football’ you enjoyed because it made you grow as a coach,” he wrote.
“You were part of that football also when Juventus lost the title under the rain in Perugia. You were part of that football when the FIGC changed the rules one week before Juventus-Roma giving the Giallorossi the chance to play with an extra-EU player, Nakata, who hadn’t been allowed to play before.
“He was also decisive because he scored the equaliser that allowed Roma to win the title and you finished as a runner-up once again.
“At that time, you used to come to my office to complain about the injustice suffered by Juventus. I don’t understand why you condemn this behaviour now, just like traitors who take advantage of the dirty game to grow and then, with lights off, they make whistleblowers, but only to pass as do-gooders.
“It’s easy to fish in a barrel and it costs nothing unless you have something else to declare, only with proofs because phone tappings are ready to deny and Gianfelice Facchetti knows something about it.”
Ancelotti comments on his struggles at Juve and Napoli and ‘positive’ Calciopoli
Ancelotti replaced Marcello Lippi at Juventus in February 1999 and remained at the club until 2001. He never won any major trophy in Turin, losing the Serie A title in the last match of the 1999-2000 campaign in Perugia. His Juventus side had wasted a nine-point lead over Lazio in the last eight games of the season.
Ancelotti also spoke about his thought time at Juventus during his interview with Universo Valdano this week, saying that the Old Lady fans never loved him because of his past as a footballer at Roma and Milan.
#Moggi: '#Ancelotti piangeva per Perugia e Nakata. Se la #Juve era sporca lo era anche lui'. Poi la frecciata al #Milan su Meani e #Calciopoli https://t.co/rYe1ZQKZRf pic.twitter.com/HpoeenObxw
— calciomercato.com (@cmdotcom) April 28, 2022
Only in a country like Italy would a convicted criminal like Moggi be allowed to write in a newspaper. Ancelotti was also Milan coach when juve received heaps of ref favours in 2004-2005, why not talk us through that Moggi ? 😉
Moggi: The man, the legend!
Who is Moggi but a criminal shade from the past?
The fact is Mr Antonio that Milan and Inter both did the same as Moggi (perhaps Inter did worse as their calls surfaced only after the statue of limitation expired)
Anyone who thinks there was only Juve in this is dellusional.
Also Inter only won the Scudetto once since 1989 (legitimately).
Milan – Despite me being a Juve fan, I actually have respect for.
@IMNOTZLATAN
You mean calls came up after Facchetti died so he can’t defend himself. Making up voices is easy nowadays with technology. As for you respecting Milan we guess what Milan fans call juve ladri, one word: Muntari 🙂
This is a man with no shame!
Hey IMNOTZLATAN
statue of limitation expired? There was no trial, how would there be a trial against a dead man? Secondly, statue of limitation expiry saved juve in doping scandal, and saved Moggi from JAIL. Look it up.
lol @ Moggi trying to be relevant after managing a club like a Mafia family…. give me a break Luciano, you better get lost. And don’t start with the argument “everyone did the same” because we all remember very well how serie A season were then – full of dubious referee decisions, coincidentally in favour of one team. The biggest regret for Moggi should be buying referees and influencing matches with a monster team like Capello’s Juventus 2004-2006. When you are a loser, you are
And I agree with Antonio about the chance to write in a newspaper for a guy like Moggi. Unbelievable
It is funny how juventini can not tell the difference between an accusation from a prosecutor and a verdict from a judge. For example juve were accused of being guilty in plusvalenza case. But they were cleared afterwards. So an accusation means nothing without a verdict.
We were following and watching football when Moggi was in charge and 1 team benefited from refs greatly in Serie A. We know who. Moggi knows who. But he keeps living in denial.
Ugly old rubentino
@Antonio go read the full original column and you’ll see what he said about 2004 – 2006.
And i dont think what you’ll read will make you happy nor will make any Milanista happy.
For all who think this guy is a criminal and all others (specially inter highrarchi) are innocent… Allow me to say: God be with you and help you with your ignorance!
I know I should not take someone with a forza Moggi nickname any seriously, but I don’t need to read columns written by a criminal (confirmed as such in civil court) for a period of football that I remember very well. We all saw how juve were helped then especially the Calciopoli related season when Milan were denied a Scudetto, stolen by Moggi’s juve.
hehehe, PINGUIN.
Really? First of all Juventus plusvalenza case were thrown out of the court even before it begun. And is it worse to have made plusvalenza deals than “buying” Lukaku and Hakimi without even paying for them and then winning the league and sell them for a huge profit?
And about calciopoli, please Moggi has been cleared of all charges, as have all referees except for one who had nothing to do with Juventus.
There were plenty of evidence found against Inter but it was off course after the state of limitation (wow). And Milan? Why did they get punished during calciopoli? Just for fun? How come they got punished just enough so they could have 4th place (CL spot) and not more? And have you heard about Totonero?
Dear Antonio. Perhaps you should read the actual court hearings, verdicts, trial information etc. In the end it seems the wiser culprits of the system really were Inter
*worse
Stop pretending Inter and Milan were just as guilty as Juve, some of us have read the transcripts, don’t try to pull the wool over our eyes. Juve’s name is rightly tainted and we can see the difference between the clubs in Europe, without the help of the referees Juventus were and are a running joke.
Crawl back in your hole.
Err the UK has a Prime Minister who is a convicted criminal. And he used to write in newspapers every week.
The vice president of the federal court system said that the biggest mistake of his professional career was to appoint Guido Rossi to oversee the case. Because he(Rossi) appointed a bunch of friends (all being former inter directors/board members) and corrupted the trial.
Juventus were cleared of any Article 6 violations, and were only demoted due to a combination of Article 1 violations (unsportsmanlike conduct, which can be anything from swearing on the pitch to excessively calling Bergamo and Pairetto), misdemeanours that had never before resulted in anything more than fines or, at most, a minor points penalty.
Thank you AD.
Non Juve fans find it easier to blame Juve for fraud than to understand Juve just performed better than them.
Juve won these titles because they were better.
All the Milanistas talking when they were accused of the exact same in 2006, but the only reason they didn’t get harsh punishment is because their owner Berlusconi (who’s been involved in a thousand scandals) was the prime minister… Also Milanistas you may want to google 1980 Totonero.
Milanistas google 1980 Totonero 🙂
LEGEND.
Fans of a team owned by Berlusconi making accusations against corruption 😀
How I wish he was still at the club. Now look at the people we have.
No one wants to win the scudetto this season. Everyone just keep tripping up. Good to see Juve can still pull the strings. Can’t wait to hear the excuses.
juve lawyer in 2006 Cesare Zaccone: juve deserved Serie C, so they accepted Serie B.
But no, Moggi did nothing big haha, juventini are funny
If Juve deserved Serie C, then Inter would have deserved Sunday League Football.
Juve could have bankrupt the italian federation in calciopoli case as Inter did the same as Moggi.
Hard decision. We were relegated to seria B, plus lost of points, while Milan were only deducted some points.
Guido Rossi used to work for Moratti at the company that did the wire tapping. Enough said.
Guido Rossi used to work for the Agnelli family company Exor too. Enough said.
@Frankie
A juventino talking about ref favours for others is like Putin calling for world peace. Don’t make me laugh. A book or 2, or 10, can be written with all the refereeing scandals involving rubentus. Including ones against Inter (just remember how you won against Inter last season, boy)… Cuadrado dive, then the ref Calvarese retired and opened a business… not suspicious at all huh
Rob,
Haha sure in your imaginary zebra world may be. Moggi’s influence on refs was obvious way before Calciopoli even happened. Anyhow, your funny dreams and idiotic beliefs aside, buventus were relegated along with their reputation. And Moggi is banned for life. Those are the facts.
Hey Frankie remind me again how you won your first post Moggi Scudetto? Yeah when you BLATANTLY robbed Milan. Muntari. 2012. NUFF SAID, ladro
@Flavio Amado lets say that ended up as a goal. Milan still would have lost the title. So back to school kiddo because you clearly failed math