(Image: Twitter)Lega Pro also fined Piacenza 20,000 euros and criticised the club's "unacceptable behaviour" after the story went around the world. The Italian Football Federation said "serious regulatory violations that occurred at the Cuneo-Pro Piacenza match, in addition to the numerous other documented irregularities" was behind the decision. Italian Football Federation are set to hold a court case with president Gabriele Gravina branding Sunday's match an "insult to sport". Sunday's defeat was branded a "farce" by local newspaper Sport Piacenza, who stopped their live coverage at half-time with the score at 16-0. FICG chief Gabriele Gravina said: "What happened in Cuneo is an insult to sport and its founding principles.

Source: Daily Mirror February 19, 2019 00:45 UTC