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Friday 13 April, 2007

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With the new wave of Calciopoli investigations, Milan vice-President Adriano Galliani announced the club was seeking to legally be awarded the 2005 Scudetto.

The title was stripped from Juventus and left unassigned after the trial that saw the Turin giants demoted in the summer.


However, the latest inquiry has named the 0-0 draw between Juve and Milan at the Stadio Delle Alpi – officiated by referee Paolo Bertini – as one of the games where there were suspicions of wrongdoing.


“I remember that match well. Very well,” said Galliani. “From the summer our fans understood what had really happened. We didn’t need this confirmation.”


That result effectively ended the Rossoneri’s Scudetto hopes and if the Naples investigation finds Juve responsible of influencing it, we could see another drawn-out court battle.


“The 2004-05 Scudetto? Our lawyers are working on it. I don’t know if it is a Utopia to hope for the title, but it does seem a very complicated affair.”


The Delle Alpi encounter took place on December 18, 2004 and was dominated by Milan, who were unable to score as Andriy Shevchenko hit the woodwork.


There was also a strong early penalty shout for Jonathan Zebina hauling back Hernan Crespo from getting on the end of a Shevchenko assist and another complaint for Zebina’s tackle on Kakha Kaladze in the area.


Milan were also furious on 66 minutes when Kaka dispossessed Lilian Thuram and was running at the Juve defence with three against two, but the referee stopped play for a free kick rather than giving the advantage.


You can read the original match report here.


In other matters, Galliani is finding some difficulty in preparing for the Champions League semi-final at Old Trafford on April 23.


“We haven’t found a hotel in Manchester yet, but we’ll figure something out. I never book ahead, unlike Bayern Munich who had to cancel their trip.”

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this could be potentially big. i mean few people thought anything was going to be done when news of the calciopoli first came out, but look what happened...