Former Juventus star Zambrotta airs Calciopoli grievances

Date: 24th November 2014 at 6:23pm
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Despite incidents taking place nearly a decade ago, Gianluca Zambrotta has re-aired his grievances on the treatment of his former team, Juventus, and their involvement in Calciopoli.

The 2006 scandal recently resurged in the media spotlight due to ongoing arbitration between Juventus and Nike over a sponsorship agreement, with issues dating back to Juventus’ Calciopoli participation.

Speaking with La Gazzetta dello Sport, the former Juventus defender claimed there was a focus on Juventus was due to their success at the time and that they were still being scrutinised because of their continued success since.

“There was controversy against the winning team,” he said, “and there still are against the same team that wins. When anything is discussed about Juventus, there is always controversy.”

“Nothing has changed,” the former Juventino insisted.

However, Zambrotta did not just comment on the on-going Juventus persecution complex, but he also spoke to more concrete aspects of the scandal including the use of wiretaps at the time.

“Juventus have been punished for their sins. [Luciano] Moggi was the main figure to be involved and he also accepted his punishment.”  Zambrotta acknowledged, referring to Juventus’s former General Manger, who resigned due to the scandal.

However, the defender remained adamant that his former team deserved positive recognition for their performance at the time.

“We have always given everything on the field, no one came to tell us to not argue because we would have won anyway,”  he maintains.

“We did not need the aid of referees, we were the strongest team and full of champions.”

Zambrotta left Juventus for Barcelona in the summer of 2006, when his former team was relegated to Serie B as punishment for their part in the scandal.

 

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