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Subject: Juventus Relegated
Posted by: StomoDotCom
- [363091] Sat, Jul 15, 2006, 14:16
Juve and two others relegated
Saturday, 15 July 2006
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Serie A champions Juventus have been relegated to Serie B along with ACF Fiorentina and S.S. Lazio at the conclusion of the Italian tribunal into sporting fraud, while AC Milan will start the coming season with a 15-point deficit in the top flight.
Stripped of the title
Italian magistrates decided to demote the Turin giants to the country's second division while also giving them a 30-point handicap for the impending Serie B campaign. In addition, Juventus have been stripped of their last two league titles, from 2005 and 2006.
Dropping a division
Fiorentina and Lazio have been relegated too after tonight's verdict by a federal commission. The Florence club, who finished fourth in Serie A in May, will start the 2006/07 season with minus 12 points, while sixth-placed Lazio join Fiorentina in dropping down a tier and have a seven-point penalty for the new term.
Points penalty
League runners-up Milan escaped relegation, with their sanction being to begin their next Serie A challenge at minus 15 points. All the clubs have three days in which to lodge an appeal.
Deadline set
The Italian Football Federation has been set a 25 July deadline by UEFA to submit the list of teams from Italy eligible to participate in the 2006/07 club competitions. UEFA's Executive Committee issued a reminder at its meeting in Berlin on Tuesday that in accordance with FIFA and UEFA statutes, disciplinary cases should be dealt with by the appropriate decision-making bodies within the sporting structure.
'Full trust'
"We have full trust in the Italian FA," said UEFA communications and public affairs director William Gaillard. "They will give us the list of clubs by 25 July, we will take it and accept it as it is."
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What a turn of events. Surprising Milan didn't drop down, though they are screwed either way.
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| 1 | Great One
ID: 523121411
Sat, Jul 15, 2006, 15:09
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Are their players able to leave the team since they got demoted? i.e. did they sign a contract which only was for Serie A?
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| 2 | StomoDotCom
ID: 363091
Sat, Jul 15, 2006, 19:54
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I don't even think that's the case. Usually they have contracts that can be broken by the players themselves. But even if they don't I think the Italian Football League would make a special deadline in order to allow the players to be out. It'd be suicide for Italian football if they didn't.
In any case, Luca Toni of Fiorentina was one of the players supposedly on his way out, amongst others in Juve and Milan. It should be interesting, but what a shame. I really liked Juventus, and I hope this isn't the end of the club.
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