The Serie A "frenzy" continues, and the 21-year-old Roma rising star is exposed to gambling and has bought his own cards before the game
On October 13, 2023, Beijing time, after Facioli, Tonali and Zaniolo, another Serie A player was exposed by the "king of paparazzi" Fabrizio Corona, this player is the 21-year-old rising star Zalevski who plays for Serie A Roma club. According to Fabrizio Corona, Zalevski, like his former club teammate Zaniolo, was involved in the gambling.
The series of gambling incidents stemmed from August this year, when Facioli, who plays for Juventus, was indicted by local prosecutors and accused of gambling. But because gambling is not illegal in Italy, and there is no direct evidence that Facioli bet on his team's matches, play match-fixing, and Facioli's popularity is not particularly high, this matter did not make too many waves.
However, just recently, the notorious Fabrizio Corona in football circles exposed Tonali and Zaniolo, and the gambling scandal in Italian football began to spread widely around the world. Tonali and Zaniolo had already been selected for the new Italian national team, but were taken directly off the training ground by the police during training. Accompanied by national team leader Buffon, Tonali and Zaniolo were questioned by police. What's interesting here is that Buffon was also accused of gambling as a player, but since there was no direct evidence that Buffon played match-fixing, the matter was eventually closed.
According to grapevine, Tonali and Zaniolo were directly confessed by Facioli, because the court strategy of Facioli's legal team is to take the initiative to confess in exchange for leniency. It is reported that Zaniolo has also verbally admitted that he has gambled on the ball. But whether there is any match-fixing, there is no relevant news. If there is an attempt to profit from match-fixing, Zaniolo and Tonali may face a three-year ban.
As for Zalevsky, who was exposed by Corona this time, although there is no official confirmation, considering that Corona's source is an internal police person, the accuracy of his revelation is guaranteed. It is reported that Zalevski is betting on Roma's 2-2 draw with Salernitana last season.
At the time, Zalevski bet that he would receive a yellow card. In injury time that game, Zalevski did an unconventional pull to the opposing player Dia and received a yellow card, and this outrageous foul also triggered a conflict between the two players. If this is true, Zalevsky is betting to his advantage. A ban of more than 3 years is likely to be unavoidable.
The Polish national team also seems to have known about this in advance. Although Zalevski's name appeared in the new Polish Under-21 squad, he was absent from both the main player and the substitute against Slovakia Under-21.
However, according to Fabrizio Corona's previous statement, the Serie A gambling turmoil is not over, in addition to Facholi, Tonali, Zaniolo, Zalevski, at least 6 players are involved in the gambling. In the coming period, Serie A will continue to be shrouded in gambling turmoil.