He was one of the defendants in a case related to a match-fixing scandal that took place in 2011 when Conte managed Siena in Italy’s Serie B. Conte was accused not of actual match-fixing, but of a failure to report alleged match-fixing taking place at the club.
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But during yesterday’s preliminary hearing, judge Pierpaolo Beluzzi delivered his verdict and determined that the allegations were “baseless”, allowing Conte to focus on his swansong with Italy before arriving at Chelsea post-Euro 2016.
Former Juventus manger Antonio Conte has been cleared of all match fixing charges, for which he was banned for four months in 2012 while managing the reigning Serie A champions.
The Leece-born manager has been fighting the legal battle for some time now, which has intermittently hampered his work with the Italy national team ahead of this summer’s Euro 2016. “Finally his position has been clarified”. My faith in him was never up for discussion.
Conte, who has already served a ban imposed by the Italian soccer federation (FIGC) in connection with the case, has always denied any wrongdoing.
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A lawyer for Conte, Francesco Arata, said last month: “He’s a total stranger to the betting world and that’s why he will be cleared by the judge”.
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Prosecutor Roberto di Martino wanted Conte to serve a six-month suspension as well as pay a fine of over £6,000.
