With no options for the title already sealed by Napoli, juventus gets bad news that leaves him alone few options to sneak into its next edition Champions League. The Italian Federal Supreme Court decided to impose certain sanctions on the Turin team. with 10 points in case of capital gainRising from second to seventh in Serie A
Originally the penalty was 15 points to be covered this season. However, the Italian Olympic Committee Garanti College (CONI) Sentencing temporarily suspended on April 20 It was at the expense of a later review after Juventus filed an appeal on the grounds that “there was no reason to deduct 15 points from the team”.
The legal battle for ‘Vecchia Signora’ had only just begun, but had long since been lost. The decision is final and will be fulfilled this season. The prosecution asked for an eleven point sanction after the review, but eventually it will be ten. Seven coaches, including former football player Pavel Nedved, were acquitted.
Description of the Italian Federation and reactions from Juventus
“The Federal Court of Appeal, summoned by the Collegio di Garanzia dello Sport to renew its assessment of the sanction to be imposed on Juventus for the so-called ‘capital gains suit’, awarded the Juventus club 10 penalty points. The current sporting season” presents the memo issued by the Italian Football Federation.
The Italian team responded to the decision through one of their directors, Francesco Calvo.. “The 10-point penalty did not satisfy us, we will see if there is a margin to appeal. “This year we will face everyone and everything,” he said.
The club itself has also made an official statement. “Juventus takes note of the decision made by the FIGC Court of Appeals and reserves the right to read its reasons to consider a possible appeal before the CONI Guarantee Board. First, there is great anger at the club and among its millions of fans, who have been severely punished by the imposition of sanctions that seem to take into account the principle of proportionality in the absence of clear rules. It was underlined that what was ignored in the process, these are facts that still need to be evaluated by the judge.”
Sporting situation of Juventus
At the sporting level, the blow is very hard. While they are in second place with 69 points in 35 games played in Serie A, they will regress to seventh place with 59 points. In this way, the options for entering the next edition of the Champions League are significantly reduced.
Ahead of them are Roma, who are sixth in Conference League positions with 60 points. Fifth-placed Atalanta retain their access ticket to the Europa League with 61 points. AC Milan and Inter Milan (fourth and third with 64 and 66 points respectively) have two of the tickets distributed in Italy for the Champions League. Lazio (second with 68 points) and Napoli (confirming their lead with 86 points) are already out of reach for the team led by Massimiliano Allegri.
Currently, Juventus are playing the corresponding 36th matchday of Serie A against Empoli. If they win the match, they will place themselves with 62 points (sanctioned) and knock down the fifth place defended by the Europa League-accessing Bergamo team with two days left (six points at stake). Curtain on calcium.