[6][7] After Maurizio Beretta [it] left the Lega Serie A presidency to work for UniCredit in 2011, Carraro was thought as a possible successor in what would be his first football role since Calciopoli.

[10] In 2001, the year he was elected FIGC president,[11] Carraro refused to put Inter Milan on trial for the Passaportopoli [it] scandal, which also involved other Serie A clubs.

He was accused of conflict of interest, as he was co-owner of Lazio and Roma through his control of Capitalia, charges he dismissed.

[16][17] In 2006, it emerged that Carraro was involved in Calciopoli, the 2006 Italian football scandal,[18][19][20] which led to his resignation;[21][22] he remained on the UEFA's executive committee and as a FIFA official.

[28][29] In one telephone tapping ahead of the 2004–05 Serie A match between Inter Milan, which would benefit with the scudetto of the league at the time of the scandal but were later charged of Article 6 warrating relegation when it was time-barred by the statute of limitations,[30] and Juventus, the sole club to be controversially relegated to Serie B,[31][nb 2] Carraro asked referee designator Paolo Bergamo to avoid any favour for Juventus if in doubt.

[37] In another intercepted phone call with Bergamo, Carraro declared that Fiorentina and Lazio must be helped to avoid their relegation to Serie B.

[45] As a member of the Italian Socialist Party, Carraro was the Italian minister of tourism in Giovanni Goria, Ciriaco De Mita, and Giulio Andreotti's Christian Democracy-led pentapartito governments of 1987–1991, and he was the mayor of Rome from 1989 to 1993 after being elected by the city's council.

[46] In his mayoral campaign, he was supported by actor Carlo Verdone and journalist Giuliano Ferrara.

[47][48] In the 2000s and 2010s, Carraro was part of The People of Freedom,[49][50] and then joined the refounded Forza Italia,[51] the centre-right coalition political parties of Silvio Berlusconi,[52] former Prime Minister of Italy and chairman of Milan, a club that he said he continues to sympathize with.

We want to live in a house with light and water as you have it, that is, as your secretaries, your bodyguards, your policemen, your cattle!I remember that we have always respected the rules.

It was a painful decision, "the lesser of two evils" given the climate that had arisen and of the indispensability of starting the championships on the scheduled dates.

[26]Carraro: Who's there, at Juventus...Bergamo: Rodomonti... Inter–Juventus...Carraro: Please that he doesn't help Juventus, for God's sake, which is a very delicate match in a very delicate moment in Lega [Calcio], etc., for God's sake, that he doesn't help Juventus, that he lets them play an honest match for heaven's sake, but that he doesn't make mistakes in favour of Juventus please...Bergamo: ... don't worry, I'll talk to him tomorrow morning when he trains so that his head stays freshCarraro: He has to referee the match correctly but that he doesn't make mistakes for goodness sake in favour of Juventus because otherwise it would be a disaster, in shortBergamo: In any case, he hasn't refereed Juventus for a long time, doctor, we put him in precisely because it's been two-three years, so no, no... he was one of those who...Carraro: Look, I'm not interested, in the sense that... if Collina was there, even if he made a mistake, no one says shit but... Rodomonti, if he makes a mistake in favour of Juventus, God's wrath ensues, since then there's... since keep in mind that it is played on Sunday evening, on Monday there is the election of Lega [Calcio] etc ... it would be disastrous stuff, in short...Bergamo: It is my concern to talk to him tomorrow, doctorCarraro: All right, don't forget, thank you, goodbyeBergamo: Don't forget Pasquale because you struggled to get there, to return there, and therefore I expect, believe me, that you won't miss anything, nothing, for anyone...Rodomonti: I'm immensely pleased with what you said because it's the truthBergamo: Above all, there's a difference between the teams of 15 points, understood, so also prepare well psychologically... you must not question the efforts you've endured... so referee your match, there is none for anyone, so... if I tell you mine right now if you have a doubt think more about who is behind rather than who is in frontRodomonti: All right, all rightBergamo: Listen to me, it's something that remains between you and me...Rodomonti: On my word, thank you, don't worryBergamo: Because getting up there you know how tiring it is, going back down... it would be really stupid for you...Rodomonti: All rightBergamo: Be an intelligent person... it stays between you and me, I hopeRodomonti: Don't worryCollina: Paolo, hi, I was calling you back on your home number.Bergamo: Ah, you called me, yes indeed...Collina: ... well it seems to me, apart from that, how does Toldo seem to you?

I repeat, Collina at that time had a national and international prestige which meant that, even if he was wrong, public opinion accepted the mistake.

Rodomonti is a lower-level chef, despite being an excellent chef, if he makes a mistake people say 'then this guy is incapable', or 'he wanted to cook not well', this is the meaning of my call.President Casoria: But the public prosecutor asked why you were worried that Rodomonti made mistakes in favour of Juventus and not Inter?PM: Why didn't you worry about him not making mistakes absolutely?Carraro: Because the media, in general, of the time, written press, radio, television... in general public opinion, Juventus was a "very powerful" club, [while] Inter was considered, at that time, less authoritative in terms of sport politics, for which an error in favour of Inter was considered a mistake, an error in favour of Juventus would have led to a reaction of public opinion.