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The shock of the match fixing scandal in 2006 has returned to haunt Italian football fans this weekend as Luciano Moggi - former Juventus Director of Football and one of the key perpetrators - was committed for a further trial.

Shock and awe followed the initial revelations and subsequent trials, not just in Italy but all across Europe, and with the football-mad nation shamed into responding to it all with a World Cup win, everyone seemed to think that it had been forgotten about.

Over two years later Moggi’s committal to trial is sending shockwaves around mainland Europe.

This of course doesn’t mean by any stretch of the imagination that the problem exists only in Italy.  Although the country regularly sees high level corruption scandals splashed across the press, officials everywhere are just as susceptible to a bit of blackmail and a few extra quid.

So, should any other scandals arise, don’t be too surprised.  However, don’t be afraid to question UEFA.  Their involvement with Juventus’ punishment and those of the other teams was self-serving, and made a mockery of the original judgment…

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