From The Heights Of Triumph...



To The Depths Of Relegation?

As all of us know the recent winner of World Cup 2006 Italy has all kinds of world-class players such as goalkeeper Buffon and defender Cannavaro, but soon they will be leaving their italian club Juventus for others such as Real Madrid, Chelsea etc.

The reason is because their clubs will be relegated due to match-fixing in Serie A. The clubs involved are AC Milan, Juventus, Fiorentina and Lazio.

And their punishments are:

Juventus

-Relegated to Serie B, deducted 30 points next season. (With 30 points deducted, they might as well go Serie C1.)
-Stripped of 2005, 2006 Serie A titles.

AC Milan

-Deducted 15 points next season, kicked out of Champions League.

Fiorentina

-Relegated to Serie B, deducted 12 points next season.

Lazio

-Relegated to Serie B, deducted 7 points next season.


Many of the club officals/referees are being banned too.

Well, because they are being relegated, they will make a lost of 50 millions in revenue. Thus, they will have to sell all their top players.

Seriously i can't imagine whats Italian League going to be like next season.