Calciopoli Unmasked

Mario De Luca

• 08 januari 2026
• 9798233495427

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CALCIOPOLI UNMASKED: The Hidden Truth Behind Italy's Greatest Fake Sporting Scandal

In the winter of 2004, inside a cramped office in Naples, a phone rang. It was just one of 171,000 wiretaps recorded by investigators—a grainy vibration that would soon be used to dismantle the most successful era of Italian football. That call, and the narrative built around it, would lead to the downfall of Luciano Moggi, the humiliation of Juventus, and a trial that reshaped the sport forever.

But what if the "Scandal of the Century" was built on a foundation of omissions, media manipulation, and selected truths?

In Calciopoli Unmasked, investigative researcher Mario De Luca takes readers behind the scenes of the 2006 investigation that shocked the world. Moving beyond the headlines and the simplified "good vs. evil" narrative, this book provides a rigorous, document-based reconstruction of the events that led to the revocation of titles and the exile of football's most powerful figures.

Inside this investigative journey, you will discover:

• The Myth of the "System": How casual conversations and common industry practices were weaponized into a "criminal association" without a single match being proven as fixed.
• The 171,000 Wiretaps: An analysis of the thousands of recordings that were conveniently "ignored" or "misplaced" during the initial trial—calls that involved every major club, including those who emerged as the scandal's "moral winners."
• Media Trial vs. Judicial Truth: How the press created a guilty verdict before the defense could even open a file, and why the public still clings to a version of history that the courts have since complicated.
• The European Perspective: How recent rulings by the Court of Justice of the European Union are finally shedding light on the autonomy of sports justice and the right to a fair trial.
• A Legacy of Doubt: Why, twenty years later, Calciopoli remains an open wound, and what it teaches us about the fragility of justice when it meets the fury of public opinion.

This is not just a book for Juventus fans or Italian football enthusiasts; it is a clinical dissection of a media-driven execution. It is a story about how power shifts, how narratives are forged, and how "the truth" is often just the loudest voice in the room.

Was it a revolution to clean up the game, or a strategic coup to redistribute its power?

Calciopoli Unmasked does not ask you to take sides. It asks you to look at the evidence. It invites you to unmask a scandal that was far more—and far less—than it appeared to be.