Sometimes you just have to use your brain and not poke annoyed people in their eyes. But Juventus’ staff don’t seem to be using their brain these days.Just a day after they’ve been docked 15 points, someone at the club thought it would be a great idea to delight their devastated fans by offering them tickets for the Atalanta game on Sunday with prices slashed by – fifteen per cent! You couldn’t make it up!The social media replies have been less than favourable, as you can imagine. “Are you insane?”, “Oh, the irony”, “They gave 1% for every point they got taken away”, “This is not a parody, they really are that dumb”, “Are you kidding me”, “Not sure if this is genius or stupid, but 15% is so ironic…” etc.Tifare la Juve! ⚪️⚫️Scopri come essere allo Stadium per Juve-Atalanta con la promo Winter Break ⤵️🎟— JuventusFC (@juventusfc) January 21, 2023 Juve coach Massimiliano Allegri said on Saturday that nothing had changed for his team despite the points deduction. The Italian Football Federation’s punishment on Friday evening pushed them down from third to 10th in Serie A and greatly compromised their chances of making next season’s Champions League.Allegri’s team face Atalanta on Sunday night 12 points from the top four as the season reaches its halfway point, and the coach tried to deflect questions on the impact Friday’s ruling would have on their campaign, and players.”We need to close the first half of the season in the best way possible, after yesterday we need to stay tight as a group, keep our heads down and work… we can only think about what happens on the pitch. Nothing changes, we need to get points, tomorrow will be difficult because Atalanta are playing well and in good shape… We need to take it one step at a time.”##NAJAVA_MECA_6961658##Juventus said they would appeal the decision of the FIGC court to not just deduct points but also hand out a swathe of bans to the club’s previous leadership and current sporting director Federico Cherubini. Cherubini was suspended for 16 months while former chairman Andrea Agnelli and ex-CEO Maurizio Arrivabene were both banned for two years while a 30-month suspension was given to former sporting director Fabio Paratici, now at Tottenham Hotspur.The club’s legal team branded the ruling, in which all eight other clubs accused in the trial were acquitted, “a clear injustice”. Juve have one shot at overturning the FIGC’s decision, at the country’s highest sporting court at the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI). Within the next two months the CONI court will either uphold or throw out the sanctions handed down by the FIGC, and Allegri wants his team to keep going just in case that ruling goes in Juve’s favour.At least the fans have got the neat 15% price drop to enjoy.SERIE ASaturdayHellas Verona – Lecce 2-0 (1-0)/Depaoli 40, Lazovic 54/Salernitana – Napoli 0-2 (0-1)/Di Lorenzo 45+3, Osimhen 48/Fiorentina – Torino 0-1 (0-1)/Miranchuk 33/Sunday14.30: (3.50) Sampdoria (3.25) Udinese (2.30)17.00: (2.30) Monza (3.35) Sassuolo (3.10)20.00: (4.80) Spezia (3.60) Roma (1.85)22.45: (2.25) Juventus (3.35) Atalanta (3.50)Monday20.30: (1.95) Bologna (3.40) Cremonese (4.10)22.45: (1.30) Inter (6.00) Empoli (11.0)Tuesday22.45: (3.30) Lazio (3.35) Milan (2.35)***odds are subject to change
