🚨Serie B shock: Brescia face -4 and drop, Samp to play-offs?

Yahoo

18-05-2025

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Incredible earthquake in Serie B after the season has ended. Due to serious irregularities, Brescia is heading towards a 4-point penalty and consequent relegation to Serie C, which would potentially save Frosinone directly and allow Sampdoria to play the playouts against Salernitana. The scoop was reported by Gazzetta dello Sport. "The upheaval is due to an irregularity committed by Brescia at the February deadline for the payment of salaries and contributions. Massimo Cellino's club allegedly covered the tax portion with tax credits that turned out to be non-existent. When such operations occur, Covisoc carries out the necessary checks with the Revenue Agency, and the response times were extremely long. In fact, Covisoc's letter was dated February 28, while the Agency's response only arrived last Friday, May 16, notifying that the credits declared by Brescia were actually non-existent. On Saturday the 17th, Covisoc forwarded the documents to the FIGC Prosecutor's Office, which on Sunday the 18th sent the notice of conclusion of the investigation. In short, the FIGC sped up its entire procedure as much as possible, but the timing of the Revenue Agency disrupted everything." Meanwhile, Lega B has officially suspended the playouts. Below is the statement. The President of the National Professional League B, • having seen the notice of conclusion of the investigation sent to the LNPB by the Federal Prosecutor's Office today, following the findings and the investigative activities carried out as a result of the Co.Vi.So.C. report; • having acknowledged the statement therein of the facts for which the Federal Prosecutor's Office communicates its current intention to proceed with referral, the rules that are assumed to have been violated, as well as the invitation to make the appropriate assessments regarding the regular conduct of the Competition and the consequent scheduling of matches; • considering the potential impact of the above on the final standings and, as a result, on the scheduling of the Play-Out matches of the Serie BKT 2024/2025 Championship; • considering the need to protect fair competition and safeguard the regularity of the Championship, as well as the organizational and sporting planning needs of the Clubs; • taking into account art. 27.2 of the LNPB Statute; orders the postponement of the Play-Out matches of the Serie BKT 2024/2025 Championship, scheduled for May 19 and 26, 2025 as per CC.UU. 202 of May 10, 2025 and 209 of May 14, 2025, to a date to be determined.
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