Porto out of the CL.

ricardinho · 4th June 2008, 20:08

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Originally Posted by gh78

Surely they should be stripped of their titles, Juventus were.

theyre not going to be stripped,the punishment they got was that it was deducted 6 points from this championship they won by 20 points and the president was suspended for two years.
it was a joke of a punishment.

soulblight3r · 4th June 2008, 21:08

No word on the punishment for the referees involved? Or even their names? Typical..

IhabX7 · 4th June 2008, 21:22

If Milan are in, I'd be really fucked off.

ricardinho · 4th June 2008, 21:25

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Originally Posted by soulblight3r

No word on the punishment for the referees involved? Or even their names? Typical..

the funny thing is that Boavista was found guilty of the same thing that Porto was and Boavista will have to go to the second division and Porto only got deducted 6 points from a championship that they had 25 points more than the second place club.
the all thing is a joke i hope they lose the apeal.

maniak · 4th June 2008, 22:40

Some guy from the portuguese FA was saying that if Porto´s appeal is turned down, Sporting and Guimarães will get the direct places and Benfica (who finished 4th) will play the qualifying round.

He said he was absolutelly sure about this.

maniak · 4th June 2008, 22:45

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Originally Posted by ricardinho

the funny thing is that Boavista was found guilty of the same thing that Porto was and Boavista will have to go to the second division and Porto only got deducted 6 points from a championship that they had 25 points more than the second place club.
the all thing is a joke i hope they lose the apeal.

True, the disciplinary comission didn´t have the balls to send Porto to the 2nd division. They came up with loads of technical and bureaucratic stuff to justify it.

Apparentelly Porto tried to bribe the refs but the Portuguese League, after reviewing the matches in question, failed to prove that the referee in question actually helped Porto. Porto won both matches confortably so probably the ref didn´t had do to anything.

In the Boavista case, the managed to spot flagrant mistakes in favour of Boavista. Ironically, Boavista lost both matches even after bribing the ref.

maniak · 4th June 2008, 22:47

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Originally Posted by soulblight3r

No word on the punishment for the referees involved? Or even their names? Typical..

Not true. The referees were identified publically and were banned forever from international competitions. Regarding national competitions they were punished with several years of suspension (from 3 to 10 depending on the accusation).

I_live_cement · 4th June 2008, 22:49

It just really pisses me off that Porto get banned yet Milan were not and went on to win the damn thing, but this point won't even be raised by anyone except us lowly fans.

Name Changed · 4th June 2008, 23:01

What the fuck is it with FIFA and Italian teams?

reddevilcanada · 7th June 2008, 23:40

typical hypocracy from the fucking Uefa, Milan are convicted of matchfixing but UEFA let them play to win the tournament, while a different rule applies to Porto, fucking cheats

Dippersripper · 7th June 2008, 23:52

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Originally Posted by reddevilcanada

typical hypocracy from the fucking Uefa, Milan are convicted of matchfixing but UEFA let them play to win the tournament, while a different rule applies to Porto, fucking cheats

UEFA accepted Milan because they had no rule to reject them. They changed their rules after that incident.

reddevilcanada · 7th June 2008, 23:57

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Originally Posted by Dippersripper

UEFA accepted Milan because they had no rule to reject them. They changed their rules after that incident.

Brwned · 8th June 2008, 00:00

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Originally Posted by Dippersripper

UEFA accepted Milan because they had no rule to reject them. They changed their rules after that incident.

Bollocks, it's because the decision was made so late that the 5th placed team didn't have enough time to apply for entry into the Champions League qualifiers.

Nem 7 · 8th June 2008, 00:00

I wish you all would stop crying.

If somehow we missed out on Europe, UEFA would bend over backwards to try and get us in.

Big clubs make big money.

soulblight3r · 8th June 2008, 05:15

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Originally Posted by maniak

Not true. The referees were identified publically and were banned forever from international competitions. Regarding national competitions they were punished with several years of suspension (from 3 to 10 depending on the accusation).

Fair enough then. I must've missed it, bet it was a small article in fine print at the corner of a page somewhere in an unrelated news area.

davisjw · 8th June 2008, 06:40

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Originally Posted by 3Sixty

What a joke football is becoming.

Sadly corruption has been a part of football for ages, only recently are people talking about it.

Deserve what they get, no sympathy.

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maniak Reserve Team Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lisboa Posts: 521	Some guy from the portuguese FA was saying that if Porto´s appeal is turned down, Sporting and Guimarães will get the direct places and Benfica (who finished 4th) will play the qualifying round. He said he was absolutelly sure about this.

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I_live_cement Cat freak Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lancashire Posts: 4,464	It just really pisses me off that Porto get banned yet Milan were not and went on to win the damn thing, but this point won't even be raised by anyone except us lowly fans.

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reddevilcanada First Team Sub Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 9,650	typical hypocracy from the fucking Uefa, Milan are convicted of matchfixing but UEFA let them play to win the tournament, while a different rule applies to Porto, fucking cheats

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Nem 7 Look, I'm a cunt, can type in colour so I must be important. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Outside Right Posts: 4,716	I wish you all would stop crying. If somehow we missed out on Europe, UEFA would bend over backwards to try and get us in. Big clubs make big money.