In the early hours of May 23, Juventus lost 4-1 to Empoli in the league, and the club's dismay was even more frustrated when they were awarded 10 league points in a retrial of the financial fraud case, although seven Juve executives, including Nedved, were successfully acquitted on appeal.
Previously, Juve had been awarded 15 points in a first-instance decision, and 11 high-level members, including then-president Andre Agnelli, were given varying degrees of grounding. Juve then appealed through the Italian Olympic Committee's Sports Guarantee Committee, temporarily recovering 15 points and giving them the opportunity to retry the case. The case opened a retrial hearing on May 22, Beijing time, and the prosecution's claim was to deduct 11 points from Juve, and the final court's judgment was to deduct 10 points and be immediately executed. Seven high-ranking members of the time, including former Juve vice-president Nedved, who were grounded for eight months in the first instance, were acquitted in the second instance.
After being awarded 10 league points this season, Juve issued an official statement saying it would assess the possibility of continuing the appeal. After deducting points, Juventus' position in the table fell from 2nd to 7th, and the team's situation can be imagined.
Boss Allegri said it was normal for such a thing to happen and a mental collapse. Allegri's side has been in instability since the first trial verdict in January, and the players have been a little absent-minded even in training after learning that the team has been deducted 10 points, and Allegri cannot blame his players at such a time. "With uncertainty you can't get anywhere, we've been playing games like this since January. Then we have to rest for a day or two, otherwise Sunday's game against Milan will be more difficult than ever, now Roma and Atalanta are ahead of us, and then we need six points to try to catch up with the team in front of us, and the next 10 days will be difficult. "Allegri knows very well what the situation is like and what emergency adjustments need to be made, with two rounds left in Serie A this season, Juve facing AC Milan and Udinese.
The always straightforward Mourinho also talked about Juve's penalty of 10 points deducted after this round of Serie A matches, and his current Roma team is temporarily ranked 6th in the table with 60 points, and it is after Juve was deducted 10 points, Roma's position has risen one place, and it seems that they are the "direct beneficiaries" of this incident. But Mourinho said "it was a joke" and was puzzled by the fact that he only knew about it with only two rounds left in the league and thought it had a big impact on all teams, even Juve themselves. 'If they had told me before we played Monza or Bologna that Juve would be deducted 10 points, we would have handled the league game in a completely different way, but now we will have to bet all our chips on the Europa League. Mourinho said.
As for the future of Allegri and his players, it will only be certain until everything has settled. First of all, the Juve boss needs to confirm which competitions the team can play in the future and whether they can qualify for the Europa League: "We will make arrangements according to the specific situation, unfortunately we have to accept reality. If we don't have a game in Europe next season, then naturally we need to make other plans, we may need to sell some players, in that case I can't say that Juve can immediately return to the level where they can win next season. Despite Allegri's disappointment, he said it would be a cowardly act to leave Juve now: "I hope this is over quickly, it's incredible that for those who work hard, all this lacks respect. ”
According to local media reports, the case involves not only illegal acts in football, but also financial violations, and after being re-deducted 10 league points, Juve's hearing on salary manipulation is scheduled for June 15.
Text/Beiqing Sports Wang Fan