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Evaristo Beccalossi Dies at 69 as Milan Prosecutors Question Inter Liaison in Referee Probe

Prosecutors are testing whether pressure on referee appointments amounts to sports fraud.

Overview

  • - Giorgio Schenone, Inter’s club referee manager, was due to be heard Friday in Milan as a person informed in the “arbitropoli” investigation.
  • - Investigators are examining an April 2, 2025 meeting at San Siro in which ex-designator Gianluca Rocchi allegedly discussed directing Daniele Doveri to a Coppa Italia semifinal to keep him from later Inter matches and assigning Andrea Colombo to BolognaInter.
  • - Rocchi and VAR supervisor Andrea Gervasoni are under investigation and have autosuspended, while Schenone is not under investigation and prosecutors are also taking testimony from current designator Dino Tommasi and former AIA president Antonio Zappi.
  • - Former Inter playmaker Evaristo Beccalossi died Wednesday in Brescia at 69 after a January 2025 cerebral hemorrhage and a 47‑day coma, following a year of rehabilitation.
  • - Beccalossi was a title winner with Inter from 1978 to 1984 and a fan favorite remembered for a derby double and the infamous two missed penalties, while the probe’s next steps could trigger FIGC disciplinary reviews once case files leave judicial secrecy.