Simply Fútbol: Vieri accusation could give title to Roma

Vieri accusation could give title to Roma

Posted by Juan Arango 4.02.2010

Former Inter star Christian Vieri could cause his old team lose their 2005-06 scudetto (A Bola Na Bota)

Déja vu all over again in Serie A. What's a World Cup year without a scandal in Italy? That seems to have been the case the past few years there.

Some of the old scars of Calciopoli have been scraped and we could have a third champion in the 2005-06 season.

According to various sources, Christian Vieri has gone to the the federal prosecutors at the FIGC to report that his former club, Inter, spied on him during the 2005-06 season.

According to Goal.com, Vieri accused his former employer of espionage. The accusation reopens a topic that was never really solved after the final decision was made in the match-fixing scandal that rocked Italian football back in 2006. There were suspicions that Inter boss Massimo Moratti and Italia Telecom had some involvement in the scandal but were did not serve the punishment that Juventus and AC Milan had.

Vieri alongside attorney Daniele Buongiorno are stating that the neroazzurri tapped his phone line. This is in strict violation of article 18 of the code of sporting justice of Italy. The penalty for violating this rule is the "withdrawal of champion status".

The investigation is currently underway and if this inquiry finds Vieri's accusations to be true, Inter could be stripped of the Scudetto they won virtue of Juventus being relegated and AC Milan being docked 18 points after the appeals were made. The next one in line for the title would be AS Roma as they ended that season with 69 points after all the deductions were handed out.