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Nicolò Fagioli apologises for involvement in betting case: his fight against gambling addiction

Young footballer Nicolò Fagioli apologises for his involvement in a betting case, emphasising his personal battle against gambling addiction

14 April 2025

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"I apologise to all colleagues, to all friends who, because of my mistakes find themselves, in spite of themselves involved or named - even if only in a newspaper line - in this situation just for helping me."

This was written by Nicolò Fagioli, in the post in which he spoke on the developments of the betting case. "I was 19 years old at the time of the events and gambling had taken over me. I regretted it, but life has given me a second chance and I would like to take it, having already served all I had to serve."

Fagioli: 'Me again in the pillory, but I've already paid'

Fagioli, once again involved in the betting case, entrusts his words to a long post on his Instagram profile: 'I have paid my debt to justice. With a conviction and a sacrosanct disqualification, with continuous and justified humiliation, with the shame felt and with the risk of never getting up again. - he writes -I told of my pathology, a serious one, in schools, to my family, friends and the press. That same press that often addresses the serious issues of my illness and how to deal with them, but which today pillories me again. Once again. I have borne the burden of having committed something bad. Of having let down all the people who believed in me'.

Il post su Instagram

'By now it's certainly nothing new: without any victimisation, I went through a dark period, I suffered from a bad illness and this is in no way a justification,' he adds, 'But seeing all this media hype now is making me relive those ghosts. No, this is not right this time. I made a mistake, I paid, without having hurt anyone but myself and the people next to me. And like any person who makes a mistake and pays, I have every right to get back up. Everyone, even those writing today, can fall and make mistakes. The important thing is to be able to recognise this and I believe that a man's strength lies in knowing how to get back up'.

Beans continues: "I was 19 years old at the time of the events and gambling addiction had taken over me. I regretted it, but life has given me a second chance and I would like to take it, having already served my time. I demand respect now, having faced a trial, taken a just sentence.

I apologise to all my colleagues, to all my friends who, because of my mistakes, find themselves, despite themselves, involved or named - even if only in a line in the newspaper - in this situation just for helping me. And I thank Fiorentina, Juventus, my friends and my family, who have never stopped supporting me and helping me through a difficult time. Even though I certainly let them down. I won't return to the subject, now I just have to think about giving my best on the field. Nicolò Fagioli'.