🚨 Simonelli: Serie A is fair, no doubt! If anyone erred, they'll pay

🚨 Simonelli: Serie A is fair, no doubt! If anyone erred, they'll pay

After FIGC prosecutor Giuseppe Chinè, who stressed that the reconstructions circulating in recent hours are fanciful, Serie A League president Ezio Simonelli also weighed in.

The issue, needless to say, is the notice of investigation served on the head of referees’ designations for Serie A and Serie B, Gianluca Rocchi.

Simonelli: "Serie A is regular, let no one doubt it"

"In light of what I have read across all media, I would like to remind everyone that, as in any other situation, these are accusations by investigators and that it is everyone’s duty to treat them as such within the normal framework of democratic debate. Hasty judgments or conclusions of any kind are out of place, pending the necessary completion of the investigations to establish the truth. None of us knows any details of the matter, and upholding the presumption of innocence is our clear duty until the final level of judgment. Otherwise, there is a risk of enormous reputational damage to the Serie A system, and to the entire Italian football movement, through a distorted narrative and a real media pillory.

Moreover, on the merits, it is well known that both the Federal Prosecutor’s Office and the CONI Prosecutor’s Office acted promptly and have already expressed themselves on some points of the investigation. Ordinary justice will take its course, but we cannot ignore the work already carried out at the time by the competent sporting bodies, which have also already taken action in light of new facts that may have disciplinary relevance. We have a duty to ensure that the football system guarantees transparency and equal treatment, while calling on everyone to avoid exploiting the situation in ways that generate only misinformation. Trusting in the work of the competent bodies, a notice of investigation cannot be allowed to call into question the intellectual honesty and work of an entire system. If it should then emerge that someone made mistakes, it will be right for them to pay. But it must never be permitted to cast doubt on the credibility of the system and the integrity of the championship".