Relegated to Serie B, Juventus betrayed several star players.
Italian giants Juventus have suffered a tragic fate when they had to be relegated to the Serie B Italian League in 2006. The club nicknamed La Vecchia Signora had to abdicate because of the case of fixing. The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) provides several sanctions for the tough team from the City of Turin.
That period made Juventus must abdicate and revoked the rights as the Italian League Champion for three years in a row, Juventus also had to lose some of their star players who left the club. Indeed for Juventus fans, the player who left the Turin club was labeled a traitor.
Some of the players who are considered treasonous are striker Zlatan Ibrahimovich who officially joined Inter Milan, defender Fabio Cannavaro who chose Real Madrid as the next harbor club. Midfielder Patrick Vieira also followed in the footsteps of Ibrahimovic to Inter Milan and Emerson who followed Cannavaro to Real Madrid.
The rising attacker of the time Andrian Mutu preferred Fiorentina as a continuation of his career in the world of football, Lilian Thuram and Gianluca Zambrotta left to join Barcelona.
The Calciopoli case made Juventus suffer so much at that time, they also had to lose the opportunity to compete in the Champions League. But some star players remain loyal to the black and white team, they are Gianluigi Buffon, Pavel Nedved, David Trezeguet, Giorgio Chiellini, Mauro Camoranesi, Gianluca Pessotto, Marcelo Zalayeta, Sebastian Giovinco and Turin prince Alessandro Del Piero. Under the tutelage of coach Didier Deschamps Juventus was able to win with 85 points from 45 matches in progress.
The Captain Alesandro Del Piero was the Italian Serie B top scorer with 20 goals. Juventus next season established itself back to the Italian Serie A League the following season.