Milan, Oct. 19: Alessandro Del Piero, the highest profile player to be called so far as a witness in Italy’s match-fixing trial, said on Tuesday his Juventus side had deserved the two Serie A titles which were stripped because of the scandal.
The long-running trial, which features former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi as one the defendants, is the criminal equivalent of the sporting tribunal which took away the Turin side’s 2005 and 2006 scudettos for procuring compliant referees.
Asked by a lawyer how many trophies he had won with Juve, Del Piero said: “It depends. I also count the two scudettos taken away. While I have been playing, I believe that every side that have won a championship have deserved it.”
The former Italy forwardequalled Giampiero Boniperti’s Juve record of 178 Serie A goals on Sunday.