Italian football has never made a secret of the fact to launch healthy with Libyan billion, and also FIFA courted Qaddafi's regime willingly out of international isolation. «Old men and» old ladies "could bring down about now - it would be more than fair.»

With money, one can buy everything. This has proved impressively Muammar al-Gaddafi in the past 42 years. The list of stars who the rich desert man to occur, is getting longer and longer. Nelly Furtado, Beyoncé, usher, Mariah Carey - they all took a hefty fee and sang for the Qaddafi clan. And all of a sudden, their behavior is embarrassing the pop singers, now they want to donate their fees. Mariah Carey did not know for whom she sang, she had been naive and feel terrible to have done with this madness.

And as often happens in times of great political events, dividing people into two categories. In this case, those whom are embarrassed to have taken money from Gaddafi are on one side; Italy is on the other side. At the latest since Berlusconi, every child knows: nothing is embarrassing the Italians.

This can be confirmed in the case of Libya. Especially the Italian Football League benefited from the multi-million dollar oil injection. Since 2002, 7.5 per cent of the top Club Juventus Turin include the company LAFICO. LAFICO is the Libyan State holding LIA and is the second largest shareholder of the Club.

Old ladies be not ashamed

Juventus not ashamed, on the contrary, the Association is shaking. The Supervisory Board met last week, but one was missing: Khaled Fareg Zentuti, Laficos. The absence of one man already tearing a huge hole in the Treasury. 39.5 Million euro net loss implications for the financial year 2010/11. In the previous year, the Club with the help of Libya stood much better: an increase of EUR 14.2 million proud sparkled on the statement. Here, the Club can use now no further problems.

» Old lady «, as the Club is called from the Tifosi, seven is only ranked the Italian League, qualification for the Champions League 2011 is located at unreachable distance. The defeat against AC Milan last weekend was just another step down. It is more likely that the old woman Club ashamed of his poor performance, as for any money. Glad they can be however that Gaddafi's long bragging to join Juventus even more, was just hot air.

Gaddafi is begging money, but actually almost to the good old football tradition in Italy. Greedy, the League investigated the dictator to get a part of the large cake. The Paramour of US Triestina won the million. The playful can this has not much used: athletic the Club was relegated last year, was allowed to remain in the series B, after the AC Ancona's competitors had to file for bankruptcy. Currently, the team is beaten down in last place in the second division. But also in Trieste you ashamed, just like in Juventus, for maximum performance.


Shopping in the Football League, however not enough the eccentric dictator Gaddafi. To watch from afar bored him, just like when the pop star was the motto of the revolution leader: right in the Middle instead of only! So he brought the football in their own country: he paid almost half a million euros for the game to the Italian Supercup between Juventus and Parma AC, which in 2002 was held in Libya. "And again: to date, which has» repentant «Club the Gage not donated.

Gaddafi is Blatters big Idol

Actually, you can not even scold the Italians for their behavior. The most powerful man of football, Sepp Blatter, must have taken the dictators as a great role model. Even if he is more like the calculating Mubarak as the quirky Gaddafi by his personality, he can not expel from his throne.

Determined clawing to the 75th anniversary of his power, wants nothing to do by the resignation. His career as President of FIFA, it is surprising here, began in 1998. Almost the entire 1990s Libya international was very isolated, the UN imposed an embargo in 1992 after the Lockerbie affair.

At the time, al-Saadi Gaddafi FiliuS felt he could easily burnish his country's reputation scratched on through the glittering world of football. Thus, the lone State financed the electoral campaign of Sepp Blatters: cooperation agreements were concluded with 17 African organisations, Ghana's support for Blatter reportedly worth 200,000 U.S. dollars. Blatter won, has been President since 1998, and buys, how you can hear hard votes.

Even though the great dream of the World Cup in their own country is long overdue, the African Championships to be held 2013 in Libya. It is uncertain whether the country has calmed until then. Gaddafi and his clan are not more ramblings from celebrating but with security in their fan curve.

While the Football League is silent, Berlusconi has now set a character: he announced publicly the friendship with Gadhafi. Not on Facebook, but in time-honored fashion television. Juventus Turin has here little resources, the friendship when money starts really in football.

Only when no money is flowing, can the Italian Football League away to his faithful friend and together perish with him: all three Italian teams have lost the first leg of the eighth finals of the Champions League. But it is precisely among friends: when it goes down, then together.