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Gianluca Paparesta and Salvatore Racalbuto have seen their suspensions revoked, so the former can return to refereeing immediately.
The Disciplinary Commission had suspended the two officials last year after they were named in the on-going Calciopoli investigation.
They were excluded from the legal process in March and so an appeal was started against the bans.
This evening the Federal Court accepted the motion and wiped out the bans, which had stopped Paparesta until May 15, 2008 and Racalbuto until April 15.
“I was confident that in time my innocence would be proved,” said Paparesta, who could effectively resume refereeing immediately.
“Unfortunately it took a while, but the important thing was to prove my situation.”
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channel4.com - Football Italia
This means the entire scandal resulted in the suspension of 1 ref (De Sanctis) for a game that had nothing to do with Moggi or Juventus (Lecce/Parma).
Juve cheated their way to the top without fixing any matches and without the help of any refs (since they have all been cleared). No wonder they needed an Inter director to handle the trial. They had nothing, and had to create a new sporting rule to relegate Juve (only to eliminate it right after).