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Camoranesi fined for 1994 challenge
Former Italy World Cup-winning midfielder Mauro Camoranesi has been ordered to pay a $50,000 indemnity to an opponent he injured during a match in Argentina in 1994.
The ruling found in favour of Roberto Pizzo, who needed surgery and a long period of rehabilitation after being kicked by Argentine-born Camoranesi in a match in the Mar del Plata league south of Buenos Aires on August 14 1994.
"Although it's not possible to describe Camoranesi's action as deliberately intentional, it was incredibly clumsy, abnormal and avoidable," the ruling stated.
The 33-year-old has played for Juventus since 2002 and was a member of Italy's 2006 World Cup-winning team after becoming an Italian citizen.
