golden ball prince

Chapter 239
PS: 1. I really don’t know how to describe a certain thing in depth or in depth, and I am also not good at describing details. I blame myself for being too good, sorry.

2. After the next chapter, the journey of the European Cup will officially start

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The national team's scheduled warm-up match with Luxembourg was cancelled!
Prandelli first informed the 32 players who were training.

Subsequently, the Italian Football Association also officially announced the news through its official website. The European Cup warm-up match between Italy and Luxembourg originally scheduled for Sunday night was canceled due to the earthquake. (PS: In reality, it is the next Tuesday night after Sunday, but it is earlier in the novel.)
Earlier, a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit the Emilia Romagna region in northern Italy, killing at least ten people. Parma, where the game was held, is located in the Emilia Romagna region where the earthquake occurred.Considering the personal safety of the two teams, the Italian Football Association finally decided to cancel the warm-up match with Luxembourg at the Tartini Stadium in Palma.

The battle with Luxembourg was originally Italy's first warm-up match for the European Cup. After the cancellation of this game, Italy only has a warm-up match with Russia in Zurich, Switzerland on June [-].

The warm-up match was cancelled, but the selection of players is still going on as usual. The European Cup is coming soon, and the members of the national team can only devote themselves to daily training without distraction.For the sudden natural disaster, the members of the national team will conduct a spontaneous ceremony of silence before the daily training sessions, which is the only thing they can do now.

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Corviciano base at 28 am on May [-].

"Domenico (Cristo), Domenico..., open the door." Caserato, the technical advisor of the national team, knocked on the door and shouted in a low voice.

About a minute later, a bleary-eyed De Rossi opened the door. He shared a room with Criscito.

"I have something to do with Domenico." After giving De Rossi an apologetic smile, Caserato walked in from the space made by De Rossi. The latter didn't notice Caserato's forced apologetic smile at all.

"What's the matter?" Cristo, who was also sleepy, was still sitting on the bed.

Turning his head and glanced at De Rossi who was also wondering why, Caserato lowered his voice again and said, "There are some policemen outside, and they need to ask you for proof."

After being stunned for a moment, Kristo said quickly, "Oh, okay..., okay, wait until I get dressed."

After all, Cristo immediately picked up the clothes from the bedside table and put them on himself. His movements were so fast that even Caserato, who was the closest, didn't see the panic in his eyes.

Casellato, who thought there was little movement, took Cristo out of the room only to find that the doors on the left and right had been opened. Wang Zi and Sirigu who lived on the right poked their heads out of the door, while Astori and Chiellini who lived on the left walked out of the room, and all four pairs of eyes looked at them curiously.

Glancing left and right, Caserato left quickly without saying a word, and Cristo followed behind him without saying a word.

Chiellini, who wanted to ask, could only look at De Rossi who did not leave.

De Rossi was still in a daze until now, "I don't know, it seems that the police are looking for Domenico."

When Cristo walked into the conference room, at a glance, head coach Prandelli, assistant coach Gabriel Lepin, fitness coach Venturadi, goalkeeper coach Di Palma, and some officials from the Football Association were waiting for him.

(PS: In fact, Cristo was not so "glamorous". He was pulled away from the bed by the police who broke into the bed at six o'clock in the morning. In this regard, the Italian national team was greatly shocked, because this has never happened in the history of the national team.)
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"Christo was taken away by the police on suspicion of betting on football."

Prandelli explained the situation at the beginning of training that day.

Amid everyone's shock, Prandelli didn't say much, even though he knew that now was the time when people were panicking.

In fact, Prandelli was the one who was the most shocked, because as the head coach, when he was preparing to announce the 25-man roster, and there was still a place in the roster that belonged to Cristo, it turned out that something happened at this juncture.

The news of Criscito's being taken away by police was reported within hours of the incident, and the players who finished training in shock watched the news on television during lunch.

In addition to Criscito, the Italian police arrested a total of 19 people during this investigation, including many big-name players such as Lazio captain Mauri.The results of the investigation showed that these people were all under the control of a Singaporean transnational criminal group, manipulating the game through referees, Serie A, Serie B and Serie C players.

At the same time, coach Conte, who just led Juventus to the Serie A championship with an undefeated record, was also "searched and inspected" by the police for allegedly participating in a match-fixing case.It is reported that Conte was accused of sports fraud, and the games involved were concentrated during his tenure as Siena coach, and two games were suspected of match-fixing.

After the news was broadcast, Criscito's agent immediately stood up and said, "Criscito is calm about what happened. He is an honest guy. He just went to a party with Genoa fans. He will not be affected by this matter. After all, he knows that he has done nothing wrong. He will only continue to concentrate on working hard."

Later, Conte's lawyer also stated: "Conte has nothing to do with gambling, he is innocent."

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After lunch at noon that day, almost all the top executives of the Football Association came to the Corviciano base. At this time, the Football Association must stand up to appease the players who are participating in the training camp.

In front of the chairman of the Football Association, the Juventus club players who had calmed down proved their innocence for their head coach Conte. They believed that Conte was not the kind of person who would participate in match-fixing.

In this regard, Albertini, vice chairman of the Football Association, can only say that everything has to wait for the results of the police investigation.

After leaving the Corvelciano base, the Italian Football Association immediately held a press conference.

The players who had no intention of training and all the staff watched the Football Association's press conference through live broadcast.

At the press conference, Prosecutor Di Martino of the Regional Court of Cremona in Italy confirmed that Criscito was the only Italian international involved.

In addition, the prosecution also stated that he can represent Italy in the European Cup this summer.

However, Albertini, the vice-president of the Italian Football Association, still announced that Criscito would cooperate with the police to accept further investigations. "Cristo will not participate in the 2012 European Cup with the Italian national team. This is a joint decision between Prandelli and the Football Association. Criscito apologizes for the impact on the national team. He claims he is innocent, but unfortunately he has already involved the national team."

At the same time, regarding the match-fixing case, Albertini also angrily criticized the domestic league, "There is no positive action, and all I hear is negative news every day, full of negative news."

"The current Serie A is completely unaware of progress. The major clubs only know to envy Barcelona but have no real imitation measures. The club chairman and manager do nothing but buy and sell players on a large scale to make a difference all day long."

In front of the TV, everyone was lost in thought.

It wasn't until De Rossi's words broke the calm, "The atmosphere this time is much worse than in 2006."

Prandelli, who was sitting on the other side, frowned. The influence of the current match-fixing case had already dealt a substantial blow to the national team. He knew that with the progress of the investigation, the situation was likely to intensify during the European Cup. The national team’s press conferences before and after each game were occupied by questions and answers that had nothing to do with the team, whether it was him or other players present.

After the Football Association's press conference, Cristo himself, who had returned home, immediately issued a statement: "I hope to have a dialogue with the judge as soon as possible to clarify everything, I am innocent!
At the same time, the former Italian international footballer Materazzi also gave his own opinion through interviews. The meritorious veteran who scored a key goal in the World Cup final was succinct: "Until now I don't know much about the matter. I heard about it on the train. I only remember that there was a similar thing six years ago. In the end, we withstood the pressure and won the championship."

Even so, the angry domestic fans still did not buy it, and they all stood up and scolded the match-fixing case and counterattacked Materazzi, who is still "self-righteous".

Italian football, which has been hit by match-fixing scandals and earthquakes one after another, has really worried the fans who love it, and Italian football can no longer withstand such a heavy blow.

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(End of this chapter)