VERDICT - Juventus stripped of 2 titles, demoted with Lazio, Fiorentina:

Juventus, Lazio and Fiorentina have been demoted to Serie A for their
involvement in the Calciopoli scandal, but Milan have survived the drop.
The eagerly anticipated match-fixing verdicts were finally delivered this
evening after seven days of deliberation by the CAF court.
Juventus have been stripped of their last two Serie A titles, sent down to
Serie B and will start the new campaign with a 30 point deduction.
Lazio and Fiorentina have also been stripped of their Serie A status and will
start with minus seven and minus 12 points respectively.
Milan have kept their place in Serie A but have been deducted 44 points from
last season’s tally which means they will not be allowed to enter the Champions
League.
The Rossoneri will also start the 2006-07 campaign with a 15 point deduction
in the First Division.
Although this evening’s verdicts are strict, they are lighter than the ones
called for by the FIGC prosecution team.
Stefano Palazzi had called for Juventus, at the centre of the scandal, to be
relegated to a Division “lower than Serie B” and deducted six points.
He also urged the court to relegate the three other teams to Serie B with a
15-point deduction for Fiorentina and Lazio, but declared that Milan should only
be docked three points.
All the teams involved do have the right to appeal.


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