Italian fraude sees eight month ban

Soccerway - 29 November 2006 10:39

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GENOA, Nov 29 (Sw) - Genoa striker Guiseppe Sculli has been banned for eigth months for a tapped 2002 conversation where he discussed match fixing. 25-year-old Sculli played for Crotone at the time.

While the Italian football tribunal did not find evidence of pay-offs, it decided to send out a message and punish Sculli for 'unsportsmanlike behaviour'.

Sculli's punishment is much firmer than related cases of individual players, who up until now came off with a fine and a two-month ban.