National Soccer Team Illegal Betting Scandal

National soccer team illegal betting scandal… Tonali prosecution investigation

The Italian national soccer team is embroiled in an illegal betting scandal.

The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) announced on its official website on the 13th (local time) that Sandro Tonali (Newcastle United) and Nicolo Zaniolo (Aston Villa) have left the national team training camp. 온라인카지노

Tonali and Zaniolo were called up to the Italian national team and were training ahead of the 2024 European Football Championship (Euro 2024) qualifiers against Malta and England.

FIGC explained that the two players were under investigation by the prosecution and were not in a state where they could focus on training.

FIGC did not specify what the prosecution investigation was related to, but Italy's ANSA news agency reported that it was related to illegal betting.

Tonali, who plays for Newcastle in the English Premier League (EPL), is a player with great expectations, so much so that he is called 'the next Andrea Pirlo' in Italy.

He transferred to Newcastle this summer for a transfer fee of 64 million euros (about 90.7 billion won).

Zaniolo moved from AS Roma to Turkiye's Galatasaray this summer and was immediately loaned to Aston Villa in the Premier League.

Prior to this, on the 11th, news broke that Italian professional soccer Serie A Juventus midfielder Nicolo Fazzoli was being investigated by Turin prosecutors on suspicion of illegal betting.

In the process of investigating Fazzoli, the Turin prosecutors appear to have confirmed that Tonali and Zaniolo were also involved in illegal betting.

The two players are known to have made illegal bets while playing for AC Milan and AS Roma in Serie A, respectively.

If the allegations of illegal betting are proven to be true, you could be banned from playing for up to three years and fined 25,000 euros (about 35 million won).

Italy, the 'defending champion', will play a Euro 2024 qualifier against Malta in the southern city of Bari on the 14th and then clash with England at Wembley Stadium in London, England, on the 17th.