CAS reject the appeals, Porto officially admitted in the Champions League 08/09 - Page 6 - TalkSoccer

**Oliver_Kahn** · 13-05-2008, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by EURODAD

That is fine, but it still does not take away from the fact that this law is a joke. Justice is a joke. I am not familiar with the league's rules/charter but could they not address this in their own rules as well. Bud I know this is your team and you must think that I feel this way because it is Porto but I swear this is not the case. What we are talking about hear is the integrity of the game. In my books, what ever team (including Benfica) team is caught doing this should at the vary least be relegated.

Look man, I also don't agree with this punishment, yes it is my team, but this is a joke.

I feel people aren't taking me seriously since I'm a Porto fan. Let me just say that I'd rather if my club was relegated and stripped of the titles rather than winning and suspicion being kept.

Returning to the point, Sports don't have their own courts, the sporting legal system was scraped a few years ago, when Valentim Loureiro took over the Liga (ironic isn't it?), so all this is decided on the regular courts-

EURODAD · 13-05-2008, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Oliver_Kahn

Look man, I also don't agree with this punishment, yes it is my team, but this is a joke.

I feel people aren't taking me seriously since I'm a Porto fan. Let me just say that I'd rather if my club was relegated and stripped of the titles rather than winning and suspicion being kept.

Returning to the point, Sports don't have their own courts, the sporting legal system was scraped a few years ago, when Valentim Loureiro took over the Liga (ironic isn't it?), so all this is decided on the regular courts-

No that is not true. I will discuss this with you because I know you have an honest view on matters. Your being a Porto fan (Benfica closet fan

) just gives me more respect when you answere honestly. We feel the same way. My attack was not on Porto but the system in general as it is.

**Oliver_Kahn** · 13-05-2008, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by EURODAD

No that is not true. I will discuss this with you because I know you have an honest view on matters. Your being a Porto fan (Benfica closet fan

) just gives me more respect when you answere honestly. We feel the same way. My attack was not on Porto but the system in general as it is.

haha, closet benfica fan

Fair enough man, I didn't mean to disrespect you with my post above man, sorry if it seemed that way.

As for the legal system, we're in total agreement. Portugal is a joke of a country, that's a fact.

**Frank Cunha** · 13-05-2008, 08:16 PM

PDC might face jail time
he was given prostitutes to the referee's

24horas

**Lemmy** · 13-05-2008, 08:50 PM

I´m hoping justice will be served, but since it is the Portuguese judicial system, I have low expectations

**Oliver_Kahn** · 17-05-2008, 01:04 PM

Porto could be excluded from the CL.
OJOGO ONLINE

Uefa are considering that option, but atm there's no decision. They are waiting on the Portuguese FA to send some documents and more info, before they announce their decision on the 2nd of June.

**Lemmy** · 17-05-2008, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Oliver_Kahn

Porto could be excluded from the CL.
OJOGO ONLINE

Uefa are considering that option, but atm there's no decision. They are waiting on the Portuguese FA to send some documents and more info, before they announce their decision on the 2nd of June.

this is good news for Benfica as they now have a chance to go to CLthrough the 3rd round qualifier.

**Frank Cunha** · 17-05-2008, 10:04 PM

I'm not that greety, I rather win on the field

**Lemmy** · 17-05-2008, 10:07 PM

But rules are rules. If Porto did in fact bribe refs, they have to pay the consequenses. It will just suck for fans seeing the club do stupid things like this

**Oliver_Kahn** · 23-05-2008, 01:17 PM

Uefa are still yet to discuss the matter
:.: Jornal Record :.:

**Frank Cunha** · 27-05-2008, 11:10 PM

FC Porto faces Champions League ban over bribery scandal - International Herald Tribune

The Rule · 28-05-2008, 02:07 AM

They should be stripped of titles won in years they cheated. And relegated.

If the Portuguese FA don't take the same stance as the Italian FA took with Juventus it will make a laughing stock out of the league.

**azzurri** · 28-05-2008, 02:22 AM

On the contrary. The Italian FA made a mockery of calcio based on how they handled calciogate. They made a mountain out of mole hill.

Moggi never fixed any matches or bribed ref's. They were sentenced to serie b and stripped of 2 titles for totally different reason's (the verdict's state this quite clearly).

The Rule · 28-05-2008, 03:00 AM

Cheating is cheating. Bribing refs and attempting to bribe refs and fixing things so your team can have the ref you want, are all the same.

The Italian FA did the right thing, they just went about it wrong.

**Oliver_Kahn** · 28-05-2008, 02:08 PM

We've been accused of attempt to bribe a referee, because the ref went to our President's house 2 days before the game.

But the match under suspicion was proved to be a "clean match", meaning, no blatant errors or dubious calls.

Also, we were already champions before that match was played, so it makes no sense to try and fix a match in a league we had already won.

It's not proven we fixed matches, therefore we should not be excluded from the CL.