Did Juventus Cheat?
Our Paesani by Francesca Di Meglio MAY 7, 2006 Italy will be watching soccer with a keen eye today to see if the storied club Juventus wins its twenty-ninth league title. But they will also be watching to see if the referee on the field gives special treatment to the team after accusations that Juventus General Director Luciano Moggi arranged to have certain refs assigned to his teams’ games last season. UEFA and the Italian federation will investigate these allegations. To understand the gravity of these allegations, you have to know a couple of things. First, Juventus is the Yankees of Italian soccer. They spend lots of money on the world’s best players and they have won the scudetto more than any other team. As a result, people either love or hate them in extreme ways. Second, for years, Italians, who tend to be conspiracy theorists by nature, have been accusing Juventus of cheating. It is the only way to explain why the same team wins year after year, say the fans of opposing teams
