Pessotto seriously ill after fall
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-06-28 09:52
TURIN, June 27 - Former Juventus player Gianluca Pessotto was in a
serious condition on Tuesday after falling from a window at the club's
headquarters.
Italy defender
Gianluca Pessotto poses for an official photo before the European soccer
championships at the team's training grounds in Coverciano, Italy in this
May 29, 2000 file photo. [Reuters] |
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former defender, now the club's team manager, suffered multiple fractures but
his life was not in danger, a spokesman said.
Pessotto was found clutching a rosary having fallen some 15 metres, police
sources said. They said it was unclear what had happened.
Juventus is at the centre of a match-fixing scandal that has rocked Italian
soccer.
Pessotto, who took up the post of team manager at the end of last season
after 11 years with the team, is not among those facing charges at a sports
tribunal due to start on Thursday.
Italy captain and Juventus defender Fabio Cannavaro walked out a news
conference at the Italian team's World Cup training camp when he heard from
journalists about Pessotto's fall.
The scandal began last month with the publication of intecepted telephone
conversations between former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi and Italian
Football Federation officials discussing refereeing appointments.
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