Former Inter President Massimo Moratti said “Juventus fans have to accept” the final verdict that the 2005-06 Scudetto belongs to the Nerazzurri.
Both the 2004-05 and 2005-06 Serie A titles were stripped from Juve as part of the Calciopoli scandal in the summer of 2006.
Former Inter President Massimo Moratti said “Juventus fans have to accept” the final verdict that the 2005-06 Scudetto belongs to the Nerazzurri.
Both the 2004-05 and 2005-06 Serie A titles were stripped from Juve as part of the Calciopoli scandal in the summer of 2006.
While the 2004-05 edition went down as ‘unassigned’, the 2005-06 Scudetto was handed over to Inter, who finished third that season behind Milan (also penalised in the Calciopoli trial).
Juve have been waging a legal battle for years to have the 2005-06 title either given back to them or also marked down as neutral rather than have it included on the shelf of their rivals, but lost the final appeal today.
“It’s all normal, a consequence of what happened,” Moratti told news agency Ansa.
“In any case, that’s good, it has always been a guaranteed Scudetto. Now the Juventus fans have to accept it too.
“I was sure that would’ve been the case anyway. I’ve always been friends with (Juventus President Andrea) Agnelli, let’s just say that nowadays that affection is a little more public than it was…”