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  • #346
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...pe/5164194.stm

    Italian trio relegated to Serie B

    Serie A sides Juventus, Lazio and Fiorentina have been demoted to the second division for their involvement in Italy's match-fixing scandal.

    AC Milan will stay in Serie A but will lose 15 points and will be kicked out of the Champions League.

    Juventus were also stripped of their last two titles and had 30 points deducted meaning that they are almost certain to stay down for two seasons.

    Lazio were penalised seven points while Fiorentina suffered a 12 point penalty.

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    • #347
      Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
      Man... Juve should have gone to Serie C. But it's Italy. At least there is a 2 year ban on the CL and -15 to -20 points.
      They got -30 points actually. And imo it's a better solution than Serie C. The goal was to keep them away from big money (Serie A + CL) for two years and I think this will do. There is little difference from Serie B and Serie C in terms of 'money' lost but there is in terms of structures and team strength. This way they probably won't win anything at all in the next year rather than winning Serie C easily.

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      • #348
        I bet Inter still fail to win the league.
        If I'm posting here then Counterglow must be down.

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        • #349
          That's a given

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          • #350
            This is THE Given!

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            • #351
              Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
              I bet Inter still fail to win the league.
              Where the hell do you come from!!??

              Good to see you mate.
              Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
              Then why call him God? - Epicurus

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              • #352
                The right thing to do, better for Serie C as well. Sure they'd gotten the money but Serie C would have been a waste of time.

                At least this way Serie B will be competitive next year and semi-competitive the year after.

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                • #353
                  Will they play with less teams in the serie A now or will additional ones be brought over from the serie B?
                  Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
                  Then why call him God? - Epicurus

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                  • #354


                    30 point penalty for Juve! And they get to see the second division with Lazio and Fiorentina (though Lazio may be able to make up the 7 point deduction in one year)

                    And a 15 pointer deduction for AC Milan (though they get to stay in A).

                    And no Juve or Milan in the CL Great stuff.

                    And Inter gets the 05-06 league title . (but not the previous year's)
                    “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                    - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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                    • #355
                      Juve, Fiorentina and Lazio in B means that three of the formerly-relegated teams will keep their place in the main league
                      I will never understand why some people on Apolyton find you so clever. You're predictable, mundane, and a google-whore and the most observant of us all know this. Your battles of "wits" rely on obscurity and whenever you fail to find something sufficiently obscure, like this, you just act like a 5 year old. Congratulations, molly.

                      Asher on molly bloom

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                      • #356
                        Btw, in US Soccer news, Bruce Arena's contract will not be renewed... so THANK YOU BRUCE... you took the US team from laughingstocks to a mid-tier soccer country and build the foundation for soccer in this country. To the winningest coach (wins as well as winning percentage) in US Soccer history, I salute you!
                        “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                        - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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                        • #357
                          Btw, this is what Italy's Europe outlook is this upcoming season:

                          Inter and Roma in the Champions League group stages
                          Chievo and Palermo in the Champions League qualifiers
                          Livorno, Parma and Empoli in the UEFA Cup
                          “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                          - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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                          • #358
                            "winingest", thats not a proper word!!

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                            • #359
                              Originally posted by reds4ever
                              "winingest", thats not a proper word!!
                              http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/winningest


                              “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                              - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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                              • #360
                                Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui


                                http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/winningest


                                Those sites are all based on your messed up version of mongrel English. The Oxford English Dictionary says....

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