Juventus Relegated

Filed in archive General on July 14, 2006

image: corriere.it

The Italian tribunal in charge of the Moggi (pictured) matchfixing scandal has passed judgement.

Juventus will be relegated to Serie B and deducted 30 points from next seasons total. They will also be stripped of their last two titles.

Fiorentina will be relegated to Serie B and deducted 12 points from next season, Lazio the same but with a 7 point penalty.

Milan will remain in Serie A, but will begin the season with a 15 point penalty. They will also miss out on the Champions League after being penalised 44 points from last seasons total.

Great to see Italian football taking a tough stance. Juventus might even struggle to stay to avoid relegation to Serie C next season if they start the season with -30 points.

Stars like Buffon, Cannavaro, Vieira, Thuram, Zambrotta, Emerson, Del Piero, Ibrahimovic and others will not fancy battling relegation in Serie B and we should expect them to move on (either through permanent transfers or crafty loan deals) in the coming weeks.

While it's good to see justice done, you have to feel for the fans of these four teams who (with the exception of Luciano Moggi, pictured above) have done nothing wrong.