This new penalty, pronounced Monday by the Court of Appeal of the Italian Football Federation, drops Juventus from 2nd to 7th place in the Serie A standings, five points from the last qualifying place for the Champions League occupied by AC Milan (4th).
The Bianconeri can, however, return to two points behind the Rossoneri if they succeed at Empoli on Monday night, and this before facing the Milanese next Sunday, which keeps their chances alive.
These ten penalty points are to be counted "in the current season", according to the judgment communicated by the Italian Football Federation.
The court was a little more lenient than the request of the federal prosecutor, who had requested Monday morning 11 withdrawal points during the hearing to reconsider this penalty.
The same federal appeals court had imposed in January, a withdrawal of 15 points to Juve because of capital gains deemed artificial during certain sales of players. But it was called to reassess its sanction in April by the Guarantee College of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI), seized by the Turin club.
This college, the highest level of sports justice in Italy, had confirmed a "voluntary and repeated alteration of accounting entries" on the part of Juve. But he suspended the sanction by asking for clarification of the individual responsibilities of some Turin leaders, including former vice-president Pavel Nedved.
The latter was acquitted at this new hearing.
The Bianconeri can seize again the College of Guarantee, which could extend this extra-sporting soap opera beyond the season, which ends on June 4.
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