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Juventus and Inter Milan embroiled in fresh spat over 2005-06 'Calciopoli' scandal

The 'Calciopoli' scandal saw Juventus being stripped of their Serie A title, which was later handed over to Inter Milan.

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Juventus and Inter Milan have become embroiled in another spat over the 2005/06 Serie A season, when the Turin club were stripped of the title, which was later handed over to the Milanese club. Juventus were relegated to Serie B in the aftermath the 'Calciopoli' corruption scandal.

The row broke out on Friday when Juventus president Andre Agnelli paid tribute to former Inter Milan owner Massimo Moratti, who resigned as the club's honorary president last week.

Agnelli referred to the 2006 saga and said that 'due to his love of Inter', Moratti accepted a scudetto that they had never won.

In an angry response, Inter released a statement which said: "FC Internazionale notes another attempt by the president Agnelli, to muddy the waters and change the course of history.

"Unfortunately for him and the whole of Italian football, 2006 was a disastrous year in which the championship was awarded legitimately to Inter by the Italian football federation (FIGC).

"Juventus were relegated to Serie B along with their reputation. These are the facts. That does not allow anyone to alter or to forget them."

Juventus chief executive Giuseppe Marotta waded into the row during a programme aired by state broadcaster RAI on Sunday night.

"Andrea Agnelli expressed words of great appreciation for Massimo Moratti," he said. "Also, with a little bit of irony, he added that the excessive love for Inter had brought him to accept a title that Inter never won on the pitch.

"Inter's statement, in being so hard-hitting, was out of place and inopportune," concluded Marotta.

The 2006 case has refused to go away.

In 2011, Juventus demanded that the 2006 title be taken away from Inter, after a Napoli court investigating the case heard evidence of widespread attempts involving the Nerazzuri, to influence the selection of referees.

However, FIGC lawyers did not pursue Juve's claim, saying any potential charges had expired under the sporting statute of limitations, and Inter were confirmed as champions.

The then FIGC president Giancarlo Abete said at the time that he 'would have wished' for Inter to renounce the statute of limitations.

AC Milan, Fiorentina, Lazio and Reggina were also docked points for influencing the appointment of favoured referees. 

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