Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 5 Num 838 Wed. October 04, 2006  
   
Sports


Moratti questioned over wiretrap


Inter Milan owner Massimo Moratti was questioned for two hours Tuesday amid allegations that his club requested the wiretaps that helped uncover the Italian match-fixing scandal.

Moratti, who has denied the allegations, met with Italian soccer federation lead investigator Francesco Saverio Borrelli.

"We cleared up what there was to clear," Moratti told the Apcom news agency. "I hope I don't have to come back."

Borrelli said he didn't yet know "if the investigation will come up with anything or not."

"I don't think it will be necessary to question him again, as long as new documents don't arrive," Borrelli told the ANSA news agency. "But we don't consider this inquiry finished yet."

Juventus was stripped of its last two Serie A titles and relegated to the second division with a 17-point penalty by a sports tribunal in July for its leading role in the scandal.

Four other Serie A clubs AC Milan, Fiorentina, Lazio and Reggina were forced to begin the season with points penalties for their roles in the scandal.

Inter was awarded the 2005-6 Serie A title as the highest-ranked team not implicated in the scandal.