It was one of Farina’s coups in the summer of 1983, he was one of the best right wingers in Europe but kept a terrible secret that later came to light. And when the police showed up with handcuffs…
LThe confession came with a phone call. “… I bought the game.” Giussy Farina, having received the news, felt faint. “Eric, are you serious?” There was a long pause. “Yes president, me and my companions…”. Farina was shocked. Until the end he had thought of the usual storm in a glass of water. “E xe tute bae”, he had assured the Milan managers in the days before. No, they weren’t lies.