Angry Buffon hits out at match-fixing allegations
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June 1, 2012, Friday
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ITALY goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has spoken about his anger at rumors that he is involved in the Calcioscommesse match-fixing scandal gripping Italy.
The rumors were sparked by something he said previously when talking about teams playing for a draw when the result suits them both.
Buffon was speaking out in support of his Juventus coach Antonio Conte, who is under investigation for match-fixing related to his time as Siena coach last season. He is accused of having been aware that a match between Siena and Novara was fixed to end in a draw.
Buffon defended teams settling for certain results when that's all they need.
It led to suggestions that Buffon had made a deliberate mistake in Juventus' third from last game of the season in which his gaffe led to a late equalizer for Siena. "If it's true the investigators want to talk to me then you should tell me," Buffon told reporters from Italy's pre-Euro 2012 training camp near Florence. "You always know these things first so tell me as you know everything before those involved."
Buffon was alluding to the fact that the Italian press were aware of the pre-dawn raid on Italy's base by police last Monday in which a search warrant was issued against full-back Domenico Criscito. Nineteen people were arrested in coordinated raids across the country.
The rumors were sparked by something he said previously when talking about teams playing for a draw when the result suits them both.
Buffon was speaking out in support of his Juventus coach Antonio Conte, who is under investigation for match-fixing related to his time as Siena coach last season. He is accused of having been aware that a match between Siena and Novara was fixed to end in a draw.
Buffon defended teams settling for certain results when that's all they need.
It led to suggestions that Buffon had made a deliberate mistake in Juventus' third from last game of the season in which his gaffe led to a late equalizer for Siena. "If it's true the investigators want to talk to me then you should tell me," Buffon told reporters from Italy's pre-Euro 2012 training camp near Florence. "You always know these things first so tell me as you know everything before those involved."
Buffon was alluding to the fact that the Italian press were aware of the pre-dawn raid on Italy's base by police last Monday in which a search warrant was issued against full-back Domenico Criscito. Nineteen people were arrested in coordinated raids across the country.
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