Juve denies conspiracy in Catania win
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October 30, 2012, Tuesday
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JUVENTUS Director General Beppe Moratta has moved to quash claims of a conspiracy after the Italian Serie A champion's controversial win at Catania on Sunday.
"I agree that there was a refereeing mistake yesterday but there have been other mistakes in previous matches and last year Juventus was on the receiving end," said Moratta.
"But we categorically reject any idea of a conspiracy, that Juventus somehow affected the result yesterday."
Arturo Vidal's 57th-minute winner helped Juventus extend its lead at the top of Serie A and took its unbeaten streak to 48 matches but the Sicilian side had earlier scored a perfectly good goal that was chalked off by the referee for offside.
Furious Catania President Antonino Pulvirenti was ordered off the bench and later complained that protests from the Juventus bench had influence the officials' decision to disallow the goal.
Pictures of Bergessio's goal showing he was not offside were splashed on the front pages of both Gazzetta dello Sport and Corriere dello Sport, Italy's biggest sports dailies.
The front pages also showed that for his goal Vidal was offside, reinforcing Catania's claims that Juventus got a helping hand from officials twice.
On what was an extraordinary day for controversial refereeing decisions, Lazio also complained after it finished its 0-2 defeat at Fiorentina with nine men, having also seen a goal knocked off.
Serbian Adem Ljajic gave La Viola the lead in first-half injury time and though Stefano Mauri leveled with a diving header in the 59th he was flagged offside despite Juan Cuadrado appearing to play him onside.
Lazio coach Vladimir Petkovic praised Fiorentina but felt aggrieved by the referee's decision not to award Mauri's goal. "The goal was clearly not offside," he told Sky Italia. "I also failed to understand some of the cautions (yellow cards) we had."
The incidents have raised questions over the standard and professionalism of refereeing in Italy, prompting a reaction from the Italian Olympic Committee President Gianni Petrucci.
"The referees are working hard and mistakes sometimes happen," said Petrucci, who praised Petkovic's reaction as an example of fair play.
"I agree that there was a refereeing mistake yesterday but there have been other mistakes in previous matches and last year Juventus was on the receiving end," said Moratta.
"But we categorically reject any idea of a conspiracy, that Juventus somehow affected the result yesterday."
Arturo Vidal's 57th-minute winner helped Juventus extend its lead at the top of Serie A and took its unbeaten streak to 48 matches but the Sicilian side had earlier scored a perfectly good goal that was chalked off by the referee for offside.
Furious Catania President Antonino Pulvirenti was ordered off the bench and later complained that protests from the Juventus bench had influence the officials' decision to disallow the goal.
Pictures of Bergessio's goal showing he was not offside were splashed on the front pages of both Gazzetta dello Sport and Corriere dello Sport, Italy's biggest sports dailies.
The front pages also showed that for his goal Vidal was offside, reinforcing Catania's claims that Juventus got a helping hand from officials twice.
On what was an extraordinary day for controversial refereeing decisions, Lazio also complained after it finished its 0-2 defeat at Fiorentina with nine men, having also seen a goal knocked off.
Serbian Adem Ljajic gave La Viola the lead in first-half injury time and though Stefano Mauri leveled with a diving header in the 59th he was flagged offside despite Juan Cuadrado appearing to play him onside.
Lazio coach Vladimir Petkovic praised Fiorentina but felt aggrieved by the referee's decision not to award Mauri's goal. "The goal was clearly not offside," he told Sky Italia. "I also failed to understand some of the cautions (yellow cards) we had."
The incidents have raised questions over the standard and professionalism of refereeing in Italy, prompting a reaction from the Italian Olympic Committee President Gianni Petrucci.
"The referees are working hard and mistakes sometimes happen," said Petrucci, who praised Petkovic's reaction as an example of fair play.
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