New twist in the Calciopoli affair which shook Italian football and especially Juventus in 2006. Indeed, the management of the Old Lady took the decision to renounce its last resort, thus putting an end to the scandal which had cost the Turin club relegation to Serie B as well as the revocation of two championships, including the one which took place only a few weeks before the victory of the Squadra Azzurra against France during the World Cup in Germany. After 17 years of legal proceedings, the Calciopoli affair therefore comes to an end in Italy. To better understand, according to La RepubblicaJuventus renounced on October 13 to use its appeal before the Council of State, the highest administrative court, against the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) and Inter to annul the judgment of the Regional Administrative Court in 2016. The latter had refused compensation “for unjust prejudice” which would have resulted from the decision to award the Scudetto to the Nerazzurri in 2006.
As a reminder, the Bianconeri club had also requested a sum of around one million dollars (less than 950 thousand euros) to compensate for the losses at the time, estimated at nearly 444 million euros. Beyond the economic aspect, Juventus also requested the cancellation of its title in 2006 and the attribution of the latter to Inter. This decision to renounce his final appeal was recorded and signed by the current president of the Old Lady, Gianluca Ferrero. The Calciopoli affair is therefore definitely in the archives of Italian football before being forgotten. The last act of this resounding scandal will remain as one which put a stop to Turin’s desire to obtain economic damage, when the Council of State had already rejected the appeal of the Piedmontese team against the FIGC, Inter and the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI), all of whom appeared in court in this case. A page is definitely turning on the other side of the Alps.
