Bad suspicion: betting scandal at Parma game?

Before the game started, it was very unlikely that Parma would lose in front of their own crowd against Ancona, who had been without a win in five games and had only won once away from home. The odds for a win for the bottom team were therefore between 65 and 130 at the betting offices. And yet Ancona was the winner in the end.

As the newspaper “Il Mattino” now reports, this result caused feelings of happiness in many places, especially in the Neapolitan town of Pozzuoli. Hundreds of bettors there had bet unusually high amounts on the exact final result, i.e. 2-0 for the bottom team. In the end, they collected between 100.000 and 225.000 euros - per head, mind you. According to the report by "Il Mattino", a large part of the bets were said to have been made in Monterusciello, a district of Pozzioli, where, among other things, the entire residents of a condominium with a bet of 100 euros each ended up winning 30.000 euros. As came to light over the course of Thursday, unusually large amounts of money were also bet on the surprising result in Napoli and Ancona. The Carabinieri in Campania and the Italian football association FIGC have now initiated initial investigations.

Parma captain Lucarelli out of control Manuel Scavone's club reacted uncomprehendingly to the newspaper's report and immediately distanced themselves from it with a press release. On Thursday afternoon, the entire team was present at a press conference, where captain Alessandro Lucarelli in particular gave vent to his anger: “The only guilt that affects us is that we played badly and lost - I have no understanding of the rest . Anyone who makes such accusations should provide evidence. I hope that there will be an investigation soon – in any case, we have nothing to hide and we are the first to want clarity in this case.”

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Bad suspicion: betting scandal at Parma game?

On Sunday, Manuel Scavone's club Parma, currently second in the Lega Pro's B circuit, surprisingly lost 0-2 to bottom side Ancona. Nothing unusual in itself - but events in southern Italy give rise to bad suspicions.

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