MONTREAL -- The Montreal Impact are convinced that their highest-paid player Marco Di Vaio will be on hand to finish the Major League Soccer season once he takes care of some legal business in Italy. The former Bologna star striker was back in his home country on Thursday for the second time in two months to attend hearings into a match-fixing scandal that has rocked Italian soccer to its roots. He will miss Montreals home game Saturday night against Philadelphia and is expected to return on Sunday. Rookie Andrew Wenger is to play in his spot. Di Vaio may be suspended up to six months if found guilty by a disciplinary committee of the Italian soccer federation (FIGC) for failing to report fraud in connection with a 2011 match in which Bologna lost 4-0 at home to Bari. Any suspension would likely include play in MLS. Bologna captain Daniele Portanova faces a three-year ban. The 36-year-old Di Vaio, Montreals lone designated player making US$1.9 million this season, said last week he wasnt worried because he had not done any wrong. His compatriot and Impact teammate Matteo Ferrari had his fingers crossed. "I talked with him and he said he didnt do anything, so hes very fine," said Ferrari. "But sometimes in Italy we are so strange, so I dont know whats going to happen. "I hope just nothing because we need Marco." Dozens of players from more than 20 clubs, mostly in lower divisions, have been either arrested or questioned for match fixing or failure to report wrongdoings in the second scandal to hit Italian soccer since powerhouse Juventus was punished with relegation to Serie B, Italys second division, in 2006. Impact coach Jesse Marsch said he wasnt worried for DiVaio. "I havent even thought twice about it," he said. "From everything Ive heard, its more like a deposition and less of a trial. Im not too worried about it." The timing wasnt good. Di Vaio struggled to find his rhythm in MLS and it took eight games to score his first goal in last Saturdays 3-1 victory over the visiting New York Red Bulls. The hope was once he got the first one in, the goals would come more regularly from the crafty striker. "I wouldnt describe it as frustrating, just unfortunate because in training and in games now hes really looked sharp," said Marsch. "I think hell come back and be ready to go again, but it is unfortunate for him and the group, for sure." Wenger, the first pick in the MLS SuperDraft in November, returned last week from a hamstring injury and was a late substitute against New York. The 21-year-old has three goals in 13 games. "Every time Andrew played, he played well," said Ferrari. "Hes fast, hes strong and good with both feet. He has a good chance now because Marcos not here." Getting all of the teams Italian connection on the pitch at once has proven difficult. Other than forward Bernardo Corradi, who is lost for the season with a knee injury, the New York game was the first with Di Vaio, Ferrari, former Inter Milan defender Nelson Rivas and former AC Milan great Alessandro Nesta all available. Newly signed Nesta was outstanding in his first match, while Ferrari and Rivas returned from injury. Now Marsch is looking at using a three-man back line with Nesta in the centre, Ferrari on the left and Rivas on the right. Hassoun Camara would play in an advanced right back position. Ferrari said he only played on the left side a few times in his career, although once was against Dutch star Arjen Robben. This time he wont be in a traditional left back role. "We tried to tilt it a bit so that Matteos not an outright left back," said Marsch. "Its a modified centre back position." Against New York, Nesta and Rivas started at centre back, and Ferrari reportedly was not pleased that it took until the 78th minute for him to enter the game to replace Rivas. Playing all three at once should keep the peace, although it bumps American Jeb Brovsky from the lineup. "I have to do both, defend and attack, so its a good thing," Camara said of the new set-up. "We can find some space we wouldnt have at 4-4-2. "With the great players we have behind in Nesta, Rivas and Matteo, I think we can be very good." They will need to be. The 8-13-3 Impact have only 10 regular season games left and need to pull off a winning streak to hold on to any hopes of making the playoffs. An updated salary report released Thursday by the players association showed Nesta is earning $225,000, a modest figure for the four-time Italian defender of the year. The 36-year-old said when he signed it was not for the money but to play with his old friend Di Vaio. 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Irving scored 35 points and Cleveland rallied from a 20-point deficit in the third quarter to defeat the Milwaukee Bucks 113-108 on Friday night. The reigning rookie of the year scored 24 points in the second half, including 16 in the third when the Cavaliers got back in the game. Irving added eight points in the final 4:01 as Cleveland posted back-to-back wins for only the second time this season. Coming off a 40-point performance against Boston on Tuesday, Irving hit 12 of 17 from the field and made all nine of his free throws. He missed one shot in nine attempts in the second half. "The last couple of games have been fun," Irving said. "Even at practice, we just know when were going to be focused to dial it up and get that attitude." Irving is also following instructions from Cavaliers coach Byron Scott. "Coach told me to be aggressive and Ill continue to be aggressive," he said. "Hes a hell of a young player," Scott said. "When we drafted him we knew that. When we got him at practice we knew we had really struck gold because I didnt think he was as good as he was until we had him in training camp. Then we were really excited. We said this kid is a lot better than we thought." Cleveland, which trailed 79-59 midway through the third quarter, took a 96-95 lead on a 3-pointer by newly acquired Wayne Ellington with 6:31 to play. The basket was his first since joining the Cavaliers from Memphis on Tuesday, and it gave Cleveland the lead for good. Ersan Ilyasova scored a season-high 30 points and Monta Ellis added 21, but the Bucks collapse ended their three-game winning streak. Even hitting a season-high 14 3-pointers in 28 attempts couldnt save Milwaukee. "In the second, third and fourth quarters, we gave them 30-plus points," Bucks interim coach Jim Boylan said. "They kind of had their way with us. They played well and deserved to win the game." Following Ellingtons basket, a 3-pointer by Daniel Gibson, a breakaway layup by Shaun Livingston and a foul shot by Marreese Speights helped Cleveland build a 102-95 lead. Ellis 3-pointer cut the margin to 102-98, but Irvings basket gave Cleveland a six-point lead. Baskets by Brandon Jennings and Larry Sanders made it 104-102, but Speights, also acquired in the deal with Memphis, hit a basket and a foul shot to put the Cavaliers ahead 107-102 with 1:06 remaining.dddddddddddd Ilysaovas basket made it a three-point game, but Irving added a jumper and four free throws to put it away. Milwaukee, which led 59-50 at halftime, hit its first four shots of the third quarter, including another 3-pointer by Ilyasova and Jennings first basket of the game. That led to a quick timeout by Scott, but lead reached 79-59 midway through the period before the Cavaliers cut the margin to 90-81 by the end of the period thanks mostly to Irving, who hit 5 of 6 from the field. The Cavaliers trimmed the lead to 90-87 early in the fourth quarter and outscored the Bucks 32-18 in the period. Scott went with a combination of Luke Walton, Gibson, Livingston, Speights and Ellington for most of the quarter. "Its pretty simple," Scott said. "I told my guys to thank the second unit. They won the game for us." "We started aggressively, but we kind of gave up the game," Ilyasova said. "Their second unit hustled and we gave up a lot of easy buckets." Tristan Thompson scored 18 points and Dion Waiters added 16 for the Cavaliers. Livingston scored 12 points. Speights had 10 points and had six rebounds in 18 minutes. Jennings, who was left off the Eastern Conference All-Star team by coaches picking the reserves, scored 14 points for the Bucks, but was 5 of 19 from the field and was scoreless in the first half. He finished with 12 assists. Sanders had 14 points and 11 rebounds. The Bucks are 6-3 under Boylan, who replaced Scott Skiles on Jan. 8. Trailing 31-30 early in the second quarter, Ilyasova hit three 3-pointers in 1:29 to help the Bucks build a 41-33 lead. The margin reached 11 points and the Bucks were ahead 59-50 at halftime. Milwaukee scored 38 points in the quarter -- a season high for any period this season -- and hit 15 of 24 from the field. NOTES: Milwaukee hasnt had a player in the All-Star Game since 2004 when Michael Redd made the team. ... The Bucks host Golden State on Saturday night. ... Milwaukee is 17-10 against Eastern Conference teams. ... .. Cleveland G C.J. Miles, who had been battling the flu, dressed, but didnt play. ... Cleveland is 2-9 against the Central Division. ... The Cavaliers play at Toronto on Saturday. ' ' '