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We love semi finals against the hosts...Roth Army Icon
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It's jour J - or T Tag. It's been 58 years since the Blue last beat the Mannschaft. Someday things have to change.
OK, DLN, in case Germany wins again you'll use this with sarcasm, but I just can't help it...posted by Ellyllions Men say, "I'll never understand women." That's a very lonely place to be if you're a woman because we don't understand half of what we do either.posted by ALinChainz Katy, Pipe down, pump off, and fly back to your cave you old bat.Comment
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First Chile kicks him in the balls, now some more bad news for Messi.
Lionel Messi and his father Jorge Horacio Messi were sentenced to 21 months in jail for tax fraud by a Spanish court on Wednesday. The news was surprising, but Messi and his dad don’t figure to do any jail time. Lionel Messi and his father were found guilty of using companies in Belize, Britain, Switzerland and Uruguay to avoid paying taxes on 4.16 million euros of the Barcelona star’s income earned from his image rights from 2007 to 2009.
Lionel Messi and his father sentenced to 21 months in jail for tax fraud
By Joe Lago
Lionel Messi and his father Jorge Horacio Messi were sentenced to 21 months in jail for tax fraud by a Spanish court on Wednesday.
The news was surprising, but Messi and his dad don’t figure to do any jail time. The sentences are expected to be suspended since both are first-time offenders of non-violent crimes with sentences of less than two years.
As long as the Messis don’t break any laws during the period of their sentences, they will not see the inside of a jail. The player’s attorney announced they will appeal the decision.
Lionel Messi and his father were found guilty of using companies in Belize, Britain, Switzerland and Uruguay to avoid paying taxes on 4.16 million euros of the Barcelona star’s income earned from his image rights from 2007 to 2009. During a four-day trial last month, Messi told the court that he “knew nothing” about how his finances were being managed by his dad, but the court ruled that Messi “had decided to remain in ignorance.”
Messi will have to pay an additional 1.7 million euros – and his dad 1.3 million euros – on top of the 5 million euros in unpaid taxes and interest fees they shelled out before the trial.
Barcelona publicly backed its five-time World Player of the Year. In a statement, the club said: “FC Barcelona gives all its support to Leo Messi and his father with relation to the sentence for tax evasion handed out by the Provincial Court in Barcelona today.”
How’s Messi handling the bad news, especially after failing to end Argentina’s major tournament title drought? Judging from the photos of his vacation in the Bahamas, he’s probably doing OK.Comment
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We are your Italy...and see what happened. We lack some important players, especially for the headers where you are vulnerable. Hope Müller explodes tonight. Anything is possible!Roth Army Icon
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I feel so Dutch today...congrats Jerôme...
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