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Juventus file appeal in civil court
Italy - 23 August, 2006
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The Italian football season faces more delays after Juventus announced it will turn to civil court due to its match-fixing penalties.
A sports tribunal stripped Juventus of its past two Italian titles and demoted the club to Serie B with a17-point penalty.
The Italian Olympic Committee's (CONI) court of conciliation Friday failed to help overturn the punishment, prompting the club's board to vote unanimously to turn to the Lazio regional court, which has special rights to rule in sporting matters.
Juventus said it would be "evaluating, within the time consented, an appeal to CONI's court of arbitration."
Three other clubs implicated in the scandal ? AC Milan, Lazio and Fiorentina ? all stayed in Serie A but were handed various points deductions for the upcoming season.
The start of Serie A has been pushed back two weeks to Sept. 10, and if Juventus is successful in getting the regional court to suspend their punishment there could well be a further delay.
In the statement Juventus said that their relegation had resulted in top players leaving their club and would have "serious consequences" on their income. But the club also appealed for their broader, historic contribution to Italian football to be taken into account.
"It (relegation) will also, above all, gravely damage the identity of Juventus FC, which in over a century of existence has contributed to writing the history of Italian football with a tradition of excellence which is alive and current as demonstrated by the nine Juventus players who took part in the recent World Cup final," the club said in a statement.
Italy beat France in July's final in Berlin with Juventus players on both sides.
Juventus' demotion has led to a number of top players leaving the club, including Italy national captain Fabio Cannavaro, who has gone to Spanish Real Madrid, and Sweden forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, sold to Inter Milan.
Coach Fabio Capello has left for Real Madrid and has been replaced by Frenchman and former Juventus player, Didier Deschamps.
Juventus' fourth-quarter revenues slumped by almost EUR 23 million to EUR 40.3 million.
A sports tribunal stripped Juventus of its past two Italian titles and demoted the club to Serie B with a17-point penalty.
The Italian Olympic Committee's (CONI) court of conciliation Friday failed to help overturn the punishment, prompting the club's board to vote unanimously to turn to the Lazio regional court, which has special rights to rule in sporting matters.
Juventus said it would be "evaluating, within the time consented, an appeal to CONI's court of arbitration."
Three other clubs implicated in the scandal ? AC Milan, Lazio and Fiorentina ? all stayed in Serie A but were handed various points deductions for the upcoming season.
The start of Serie A has been pushed back two weeks to Sept. 10, and if Juventus is successful in getting the regional court to suspend their punishment there could well be a further delay.
In the statement Juventus said that their relegation had resulted in top players leaving their club and would have "serious consequences" on their income. But the club also appealed for their broader, historic contribution to Italian football to be taken into account.
"It (relegation) will also, above all, gravely damage the identity of Juventus FC, which in over a century of existence has contributed to writing the history of Italian football with a tradition of excellence which is alive and current as demonstrated by the nine Juventus players who took part in the recent World Cup final," the club said in a statement.
Italy beat France in July's final in Berlin with Juventus players on both sides.
Juventus' demotion has led to a number of top players leaving the club, including Italy national captain Fabio Cannavaro, who has gone to Spanish Real Madrid, and Sweden forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, sold to Inter Milan.
Coach Fabio Capello has left for Real Madrid and has been replaced by Frenchman and former Juventus player, Didier Deschamps.
Juventus' fourth-quarter revenues slumped by almost EUR 23 million to EUR 40.3 million.
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