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The betting scandal is increasingly shaking Italian football. National team head coach Cesare Prandelli unexpectedly stated that he does not rule out the possibility that his "Azzurri" team may be forced to withdraw from the upcoming European Football Championship in Poland and Ukraine.
"I am not a supporter of radical and hasty decisions, but if there is no other way out, the Italian national team is ready to withdraw from the European championship," acknowledged the strategist.
Earlier, we wrote that the Italian prosecutor arrested 19 individuals suspected of involvement in illegal betting activities. Among the unlucky ones were Rome's "Lazio" captain Stefano Mauri and Turin's "Juventus" head coach Antonio Conte.
This scandal cost a place in the Italian national football team for St. Petersburg's "Zenit" defender Domenico Criscito.
Yesterday, it was unexpectedly announced that longtime national team goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was also under investigation.
According to the Cremona prosecutor's office, nearly 150 individuals will be questioned during this investigation.
