Milan’s former aide to referees insists Calciopoli ‘existed’ and has urged everyone involved “to take responsibility for their actions.”
Leonardo Meani was given a suspension of two years and five months for his role in the scandal back in 2006, but while he accepts ‘paying’ with his job, he suggested there were those who did not receive their just desserts.
“Calciopoli existed, but the monster wasn’t as big as they painted it,” he told Sportitalia.
Milan’s former aide to referees insists Calciopoli ‘existed’ and has urged everyone involved “to take responsibility for their actions.”
Leonardo Meani was given a suspension of two years and five months for his role in the scandal back in 2006, but while he accepts ‘paying’ with his job, he suggested there were those who did not receive their just desserts.
“Calciopoli existed, but the monster wasn’t as big as they painted it,” he told Sportitalia.
“Certainly it was an investigation with some gaps. My involvement? Everyone in life must take responsibility for their actions. If these calls came out, it was me talking in them.
“Milan will have deemed it possible to use them as a defensive tactic, shifting responsibility on to me as the one who made the phone calls and someone who didn’t have, among other things, an executive position, which I ended up paying for myself.”
The Rossoneri were ultimately docked points ahead of the 2006-07 campaign alongside Fiorentina and Lazio, while Juventus were the worst affected, suffering demotion to Serie B and being stripped of two Scudetti.