Juventus, Milan and Lazio are scheduled to appear in front of the Italian Olympic Committee's Arbitration Court on October 11, followed by Fiorentina the day after.

The four clubs were punished in the aftermath of the Calciopoli scandal and are fighting for a reduction of the sanctions imposed against them – with the Arbitration Court being the last degree in appeal within the sporting justice system.

CONI have confirmed that the hearings will take place at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome and the President of the board of arbitrators will be Pierluigi Ronzani, with the aid of Guido Cecinelli, Marcello Foschini, Luigi Fumagalli and Giulio Napolitano.

Juventus, who were stripped of their last two Serie A titles and demoted to the Second Division with a 17-point deduction, had initially threatened to appeal to the TAR Lazio civil court.

The Bianconeri then dropped the option, choosing to remain within sporting justice, in the hope of seeing the point deduction reduced or totally scrapped.

Milan instead began their Serie A season with an eight-point penalty, Fiorentina were docked 19 points and Lazio 11.

Third parties interested in taking part in the debate must present their request to CONI by September 25, confirmed an official statement on the Committee’s website on Friday.


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so is this about the '-8' points?

I honestly hope everything remain as it is ... I'm pretty sure we're innocent on this matter but I just can't put up with those Serie A bashers who are definetely going to come with bullsh1t like 'Italy is a joke' again if any penalty is reduced!!!!

Ofcourse, what else could it be???

yeah i thought this was all over. why don't they just let it be...

Because we were innocent. We were punsihed because of the actions of a third party chairman...