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One of the big tricks Juventus were pulling was to make sure that future opponents would get a harsh referee the week before playing Juventus. One example is that they picked a known card-fiend for a Bologna game the week before they played Juventus. Bologna had three players sent off, so they were all suspended for the Juventus game.
It might not be straight forward match fixing in the traditional sense, but it's certainly playing the percentages in a dishonest manner.
According to Gabriele Marcotti, Lazio could be the biggest loser in all this. Fiorentina, AC Milan and Juventus all have huge amounts of money behind them so they'll bounce back, but Lazio were already on the verge of bankruptcy and may not survive now.
This is just the first batch of clubs to be tried, there are five other smaller clubs still to be disciplined before we find out who's actually in Serie A next year. Messina, Reggina, Siena, Lecce and Arezzo are still to face the panel.
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