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Official: FC Barcelona charged with Corruption over payments to former referees chief | UEFA open investigation
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Big guns never get full punishment. Juventus was only example where punishment was tough but even they should have been punished way harder than they were.
First, they have to be found guilty of Sports corruption. According to this lawyer, and the Spanish Supreme Court precedent, for that it has to be proven that:
--There was "promising", "offering", "granting", "receiving", "requesting" or "accepting" benefits or advantages of any nature, not justified and in breach of their obligations.
--It happened with the purpose of deliberately and fraudulently predetermining or altering the result of a test, meeting or sports competition.
If this is proven then the possible penalties are:
To the involved people: between 2 years and 3 months and 5 years in prison.
To the club: the prohibition of continuing activities from 1 to 5 years, closing of facilities, dissolution of the club, or a fine of thrice the benefits that they got from it.
UEFA's sanctions (if there were any, they haven't started any investigation yet) could include a ban from European competitions, like the one to Anderlecht.
FIFA's can give harder sanctions like relegation to a lower division or expulsion from a competition in progress or from future competitions, but they haven't even started any investigation yet)
La Liga won’t care about the other clubs, the league is very dependent on having both Barcelona and Real Madrid fighting it out for the title and the games between the two gather by far the largest audience of all games. They can’t afford having Barcelona in second division even for a year, or risk them becoming non-competitive even for a short period of time.
Italy have multiple well supported, popular teams so they could live without Juventus for a whole. La Liga cannot exist in its current form without a strong Barcelona team which is why they will let it slide, again.
UEFA handing them a symbolic one season ban is possible. La Liga doing anything to hurt them is not.
Pep is literally a Pep Guardiola is my idol
Ref couldn't wait to send off van persie. What was the score at the time? I kinda have this feeling it was 1-1 or something. And bendtner missed a late chance
22-5 seems more elite for sure...
Are we talking just finals, because what about the teams they knocked out on the road to winning those finals. I'm thinking specifically 2009?
Just finals, sorry.
Although Barca/Chelsea had some dodgy dodgy refereeing. Including the Barca sending off
This is why you shouldn't cheat thenThey'd only have 1 Champions League title left.
Thoughts and prayers for Barca fans
This was the first thing I thought. That and how it went undetected for decades given that it’s out there in plain sight.
Good. Hope they get relegated, De Jong comes begging and we tell him to get stuffed.
Someone please promote @FreckBarca already. Doing a wonderful job.
In light of the whole night I think the fact they weren’t sent off speaks volumes. Normally a referee wouldn’t stand for that abuse if they fully believed in what they’d done, seems like a guilty conscience could have been at play now.
Revolting football club.
I ask ChatGPT to write a poem:
A scandal rocks the world of football,
As news of Barcelona's cheating befalls,
They bribed the referee for an unfair edge,
And now their reputation hangs by a thread.
Pep Guardiola and Lionel Messi, once heroes,
Now their tears fall, their legacy in zeroes,
Their club's once-pristine name now tarnished,
Their cheating ways, finally uncovered.
But the image of the heartbroken Culés fan,
Crying with anger, as the truth is now at hand,
They hate the people who exposed their club's deceit,
They hate the truth, and the pain it now bequeaths.
The beautiful game was once pure and true,
But Barcelona's actions brought it askew.
Their hatred grows, for they've been exposed,
Their cheating ways, now fully disclosed.
The world of football shakes its head,
As Barcelona's deceit is laid out and spread.
The Culés now scorn, their faith betrayed,
Their love for the game, now deeply frayed.
Pep and Messi, once heroes of the pitch,
Now face the truth, their reputation at risk.
Their legacy now tainted, their greatness in doubt,
Their cheating ways, now fully laid out.
The beautiful game will rise again,
But the pain of Barcelona's cheating remains.
Their actions will not be easily forgotten,
For they have left a stain that will never be begotten.
A scandal rocks the world of football,
As news of Barcelona's cheating befalls,
They bribed the referee for an unfair edge,
And now their reputation hangs by a thread.
Pep Guardiola and Lionel Messi, once heroes,
Now their tears fall, their legacy in zeroes,
Their club's once-pristine name now tarnished,
Their cheating ways, finally uncovered.
But the image of the heartbroken Culés fan,
Crying with anger, as the truth is now at hand,
They hate the people who exposed their club's deceit,
They hate the truth, and the pain it now bequeaths.
The beautiful game was once pure and true,
But Barcelona's actions brought it askew.
Their hatred grows, for they've been exposed,
Their cheating ways, now fully disclosed.
The world of football shakes its head,
As Barcelona's deceit is laid out and spread.
The Culés now scorn, their faith betrayed,
Their love for the game, now deeply frayed.
Pep and Messi, once heroes of the pitch,
Now face the truth, their reputation at risk.
Their legacy now tainted, their greatness in doubt,
Their cheating ways, now fully laid out.
The beautiful game will rise again,
But the pain of Barcelona's cheating remains.
Their actions will not be easily forgotten,
For they have left a stain that will never be begotten.
They can’t financially sanction a team that has no finances to begin with.
Also means one for Arsenal. Their first. feck that. Or does 2006 count?
What a pain in the arse this autocorrect is.If they get financially sanctioned they might as well sell those titles to get any sort of moneyFrom the Barca forums:
I really want to believe that they will be punished hard but can't. Corruption will find its way to save them. Same as City.
Cut-off should be 09.
What‘s your explanation for the huge payments with nothing to show for it?
Nah Barça is guilty, time to relegate the goatfecking cheaters.
I wholeheartedly agree.
It’s madness how bent the leagues are, and to think they’d have got away with this and probably have done before this incident got picked up.
Just start relegating teams who are cheating, forget sanctions, do not pass go, do not collect, just get back down to the bottom tier.
Just start relegating teams who are cheating, forget sanctions, do not pass go, do not collect, just get back down to the bottom tier.
Wonder of real are involved. That Nani red card still haunts me.
Yeah I‘m praying for relegation and bans.
FDJ might suddenly be available this summer, along with a bunch of others if they are relegated and receive European bans
Can‘t wait to hear from Niemans: you know there is a long twisted epistle coming.
Reopen the DeJong thread. Muppets rise again.
What did it say? Posts been removed since.
Pep, how many clubs where your success is tainted?
Most of them sound like the kind of thing that would bankrupt them with their current finances. Probably no harm if they had to restart from scratch.
I wonder what Didier Drogba thinks about this?
Its all a conspiracy by Franco.
Madrid got a very illogical penalty to make it 3 0 in a meaningless game back in 05-06. Why does no oneninvestigate them???
This is just Franco and Florentino out to get Barca. Justice will prevail.
Madrid got a very illogical penalty to make it 3 0 in a meaningless game back in 05-06. Why does no oneninvestigate them???
This is just Franco and Florentino out to get Barca. Justice will prevail.
It makes me sad to think of all the corruption that goes on in football
My best guess to any I’ve witnessed is that Nani red card vs Madrid
My best guess to any I’ve witnessed is that Nani red card vs Madrid
It wasn't that obvious, I don't think.
Basically it's just one company receiving relatively small amounts of money (on a yearly basis) from a big club. I'm sure they pay lots and lots of companies.
And I thought there was no way I could dislike Barcelona more.
Pannick in the streets of las ramblas