Prison sentence for fixing for an Italian player

Armando Izzo The Italian Monza player, was sentenced this Friday for the first time to five years in prison for association with the Camorra and for two crimes of sports fraud.

The facts of the double sports scam of the player born in Scampia, a neighborhood of Naples, come from then during his time at Avellino, between 2011 and 2014, when he started his sporting career in Serie C and Serie B before jumping to the top flight of Italian football with Genoa, Torino and now Monza.

In particular, the investigation focused on two matches in Avellino played in the 2013-2014 season, which were rigged with the help of Izzo.

The sports scam was set up and under the control of the Accurso brothers, of the Vanella Grassi clan, belongs to the Camorra, the criminal mafia organization of Naples.

The Monza, owned by the tycoon Silvio Berlusconi Still admitted to a hospital for leukemia, he came out in defense of his player, convinced of his innocence.

MOnza supports the player

“Monza learned that its member Armando Izzo was sentenced for the first time for external competition in a Camorra association and sports fraud and expressed total closeness and support to Armando, convinced that he was not associated with the criminal environment ,” he says. the Monza in an official statement.

“The footballer’s lawyers are disappointed with the verdict and are waiting to read the reasons, and then he will appeal,” added Monza.

He has been sanctioned by the Italian Federation

The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) already sanctioned Izzo in 2017 with a disqualification of six months and a fine of 30,000 euros for both cases.

Izzo, 31, wore the Genoa shirt for four seasons, until 2018, Torino’s for another four seasons and Monza’s since last summer on loan from ‘Toro’, although there is an obligation to buy in the case of a mathematical safety. The defender, in addition, has been international three times with the full Italian.