Summary breaking news as of 22 August 2012

Below are the summary of Serie A news as of today :

1. Conte's Appeal Rejected

Courtesy of Wikipedia

After the appeal was rejected by the judge Juventus head coach Antonio Conte must undergo his 10-month ban due to his involvement in Scommessopoli.Conte was stated guilty for not reporting two instances match fixing during his charge in Siena. Eventhough this decision is still unacceptable by the Juventus side, FIGC advise Conte and Juve to accept this decision as stated by the Italian Federal Court member Piero Sandulli "Conte was lucky not to receive a three-year ban for his part in the Scommessepolli scandal". More reading at goal.com

2. Pato is injured 'Again'

The Brazilian striker is having problem with his left adductor during on training session on Wednesday hence Pato will missed out  the start of Serie A season (click here for the rest article). The news is a bad news for Milan fans, Pato is becoming hope for AC Milan fans since the club has left by their stars like Zlatan and Cassano.

Since last season the 22th Brazilian striker is having a problem with injuries, he only playing for 11 appearence due to his persistent injury problem. After a convincing performance with his national team on Olympic this injury can be a mental dropping factor for Pato.

3. Italian team can announces 12-man at bench
The Idea was brought by Aurelio De Laurentiis the Napoli president, on Monday the FIGC has approved the proposal. Starting in the new season 1 team can announces 23 players for a match. I wonder whether this new rule will help the team or not since it is still only 3 players can be replaced in one match.