Shanks65
27-07-06, 01:58 PM
From spotringlife
INTER AWARDED SERIE A TITLE
Inter Milan have been awarded the 2005-06 Serie A title, according to a statement from the club.
The announcement comes in the wake of the recent match-fixing scandal, which saw Juventus stripped of their last two titles as part of their punishment after being found guilty in a sports court.
Inter had finished third behind Juve and AC Milan, but with Milan also involved in the scandal and docked 30 points from last season's total, they have now been promoted to the top of the table.
Inter owner Massimo Moratti told the club's website, www.inter.it: "I am completely satisfied for the assignment of the title to a club and team which have behaved correctly."
The title is Inter's first since 1989 and was awarded to them after a three-man panel of Gerhard Aigner, Massimo Coccia and Roberto Pardolesi - working on behalf of the Italian Football Federation - agreed to assign the 2005/06 title.
"In the event of a title merely being revoked without modifying the classification, the title must necessarily remain unassigned," explained the report written by the three-man commission.
"On the contrary, in the event of sanctions that imply changes to the league table (such as point deductions or enforced relegation), article 49 imposes the automatic assignment of the title to the team which are then first in the table after considering the sanctions."
The 2004/05 title, which Juve were also stripped of, has been revoked and will remain vacant for the time being.
INTER AWARDED SERIE A TITLE
Inter Milan have been awarded the 2005-06 Serie A title, according to a statement from the club.
The announcement comes in the wake of the recent match-fixing scandal, which saw Juventus stripped of their last two titles as part of their punishment after being found guilty in a sports court.
Inter had finished third behind Juve and AC Milan, but with Milan also involved in the scandal and docked 30 points from last season's total, they have now been promoted to the top of the table.
Inter owner Massimo Moratti told the club's website, www.inter.it: "I am completely satisfied for the assignment of the title to a club and team which have behaved correctly."
The title is Inter's first since 1989 and was awarded to them after a three-man panel of Gerhard Aigner, Massimo Coccia and Roberto Pardolesi - working on behalf of the Italian Football Federation - agreed to assign the 2005/06 title.
"In the event of a title merely being revoked without modifying the classification, the title must necessarily remain unassigned," explained the report written by the three-man commission.
"On the contrary, in the event of sanctions that imply changes to the league table (such as point deductions or enforced relegation), article 49 imposes the automatic assignment of the title to the team which are then first in the table after considering the sanctions."
The 2004/05 title, which Juve were also stripped of, has been revoked and will remain vacant for the time being.