A legal appeal has been presented to strip Juventus of the 2018-19 Serie A title and hand the trophy to the team that finished second that season, namely Napoli.
The Bianconeri are dealing with numerous legal problems and appealing against the 15-point penalty, which was imposed for artificially inflating transfer fees in order to boost capital gains.
That hearing will be held on April 19, but meanwhile there is another case being taken out against the club based on the 2018-19 season.
The action was lodged with the TAR tribunal in the Lazio region by lawyers representing the Codacons (a consumer protection agency) and the Associazione Club Napoli Maradona.
This appeal claims Juventus ‘violated the principles of the sporting justice system’ and therefore ‘altered the regularity of the 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 campaigns.’
It asks for Juve to be stripped of the 2018-19 Serie A title, which would then be handed to the team that finished second, namely Napoli.
This too is linked with the same alleged financial irregularities, even though the wiretapped telephone conversations used to inflict the 15-point penalty were from 2021 onwards.
The same lawyers also appealed to be shown the Juventus appeal and be allowed to participate in the discussion over the 15-point penalty.
The odds of either of these cases even being heard are slim and they are more about trying to make a point than actually hoping to get the Scudetto revoked.
Even in the Calciopoli scandal, titles were revoked and left unassigned, except for the 2005-06 campaign, which had only just been completed.