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Italian side, Juventus suffered a double blow yesterday as they were punished by 10 points reduction by an Italian court before losing 4-1 away to Empoli in a Serie A encounter.
The decision was announced within moments of the club’s Monday night game at Empoli kicking off – and perhaps influenced by the news, Juventus’ three-game winning run was brought to a crashing halt by a 4-1 defeat to their mid-table hosts. That result, combined with the new sanctions, leaves their top-four hopes all but over.
The ruling meant they drop from a Champions League place (second position) to seventh on the log with three games remaining.
Recall that the initial sanction was 15 points and that CONI was forced to reformulate the sentence after deduction in a new ruling by an Italian court investigating the club’s transfer dealings.
Juventus’ appealed a few months ago.
“Called 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 case’, the Federal Court of Appeal has sanctioned Juventus with 10 penalty points in the standings for the current sporting season,” reads the Italian Football Federation’s statement.
“The Court also acquitted Pavel Nedved, Paolo Garimberti, Assia Grazioli Venier, Caitlin Mary Hughes, Daniela Marilungo, Francesco Roncaglio and Enrico Vellano of the charges brought against them.”
Juventus has responded quickly through Francesco Calvo, one of its directors.
“We are not satisfied with the penalty of 10 points, we will see if there are margins to appeal,” he confirmed.
“This year we are up against everyone and everything.”