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Milanista said:Has to do with juve, and its a big case. Lets just hope that doctor didnt do anything to ruin our league.
Milanista said:thats because i aint talkin about todays game, but juve in general..... drug addicts.
Friends in high places look after Juve
ROME, March 4 (Reuters) - Divided by politics but united by soccer, a cross-party group of Juventus fans in Italy's parliament called on the government this week to intervene to protect the club from the fallout of a doping trial.
Members of parliament's Juventus supporters' club asked the justice minister to examine the case in which the team's doctor was found guilty last November of administering the banned blood booster EPO in the 1990s.
That verdict, and the 22-month prison sentence for Doctor Riccardo Agricola, is subject to an appeal. In the meantime, Juve lives with the possibility it could be stripped of the league titles it won during the years the doping took place.
'Juventus doesn't need anyone's help, least of all ours,' said Maurizio Paniz, a member of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party and a part of the supporters' club.
'(But) we thought it was right, as Italian parliamentarians, to defend the image of a team that is a well known 'Made in Italy' brand abroad, a strong image which does the country proud,' he told ANSA news agency.
Non-Juve fans both inside and outside parliament were incensed, however, by what they saw as political interference in a legal case.
A sport radio station incited hundreds of listeners to bombard parliament's lower house speaker, Pierferdinando Casini, with faxes to protest. Casini ruled the Juve fans' petition for government intervention inadmissible.
The furore comes ahead of Juve's visit to play AS Roma on Saturday at the Olympic stadium where they are promised a hostile welcome from fans who do not forgive coach Fabio Capello for defecting to the dominant Turin side after vowing for years he would not be lured north.
It also highlights how deeply Juve, with a large fan base from around the country, is loved and loathed in Italy.
'Once upon a time people said that some referees wore black and white pants under their shorts,' said Roberto Giachetti, a Roman member of parliament for the centre-left Daisy party, referring to Juve's colours.
'I hope the same mentality doesn't apply on the parliamentary benches.'
bobogol said:Have you ever heard of Innocent until proven guilty. It's not a full gone conclusion exaclty now is it, Juventus is probably the mos thated club in Italy and people just love to bash us.
juventus11 said:But that match was kinda of a cheat
Milanista said:I think hes referring to the PK given but was outside the box and Cannavaro's offside position.....
haha quote from the match - Montella to the linesman for the PK
"Youre not supposed to look in black and white."
Milanista said:Coach Gigi Del Neri insisted he would not talk about the refereeing errors, but did make an intriguing comment. “The images are clear for all to see. In my view, we won 1-0.”