Italy's national soccer
coach Antonio Conte could request a fast-track trial in the
match-fixing case in which he stands accused of sporting fraud,
ANSA sources close to the case said on Thursday.
A preliminary hearing opened in Cremona on Thursday
regarding the allegations that 115 people including soccer
players, club managers and coaches committed match-fixing
felonies.
Conte is suspected of fraud in relation to alleged attempts
to fix a match against AlbinoLeffe when he was in charge of
Siena in the second tier, Serie B, in the 2010-11 season.
Among the other suspects are Lazio midfielder Stefano
Mauri, former Atalanta captain Cristiano Doni and former Siena
chairman Massimo Mezzaroma.
Last year, prosecutors dropped a more serious charge
against Conte, that of criminal association, as well as
allegations linked to another match, against Novara, also in the
2010-11 season campaign.
Conte served a four-month ban while at Juventus at the
start of the 2012-2013 season after being found by a sporting
tribunal to have failed to report alleged match-fixing related
to the AlbinoLeffe and Novara matches.
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