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Ex-Juventus president Cobolli Gigli: More penalties could happen

  /  autty

Former Juventus president Giovanni Cobolli Gigli is expecting more penalties for the club after their 15 point deduction.

Juve are appealing the ruling, which came for financial irregularities.

Cobolli Gigli expects UEFA to act on FIGC's ruling: “A rigid attitude from UEFA. Evelina Christllin, a member of the FIFA board in the UEFA quota and a Juve fan, has said that it is a heavy blow, that we have to start again with our heads down, but she also pointed out that a series of things were done that led her to distance herself from the Juve management.

“So it is clear that things were done that should not have been done and that an important person like (Beppe) Marotta was missing. I don't want to deify him, but he was able to manage the sports sector well.

“History repeats itself, in the sense that Juve could be subject to penalties as with Calciopoli, but here the arguments are completely different.

“Calciopoli investigated the unhealthy relationships between teams and referees, here instead it is a discourse that concerns capital gains.

“We are waiting for the FIGC Court of Appeal to publish its appeal to understand the reasons why only Juve were deducted 15 penalty points and the other teams were not."

Asked what he'd say to former Juve president Andrea Agnelli, Cobolli Gigli added: “I'd thank him for what he did in Juventus' early years, for the Scudetti he won, also thanks to Marotta's help. I would tell him that he did wrong to surround himself with a series of people."

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