“Probably the players don’t even know what happened,” he says. The process that led to prosecution started in 1998 when Zdenek Zeman, then coach of Roma, said that football needed to “get out of the pharmacy” and accused Juventus of cheating.When it eventually came to trial, D’Onofrio testified that it was “practically certain” that two Juventus players from the mid-1990s had taken EPO and “very probable” that seven others had. I don’t know why this is. De Champions League finale van 1996 in Rome (woensdag 22 mei), beelden gefilmd vanuit het Ajax vak. Ajax … they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. {{#replies}} Antonio Giraudo, Juventus chief executive was also acquitted, although he was later banned from football over The allegations against Juventus were best laid out in the famous Dutch documentary That evidence first came to light at the trial of the Juventus officials. It is a view that has been expressed by others, but one the Turin club have consistently rejected and he has subsequently backtracked. continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. If it was the other way round, the Italians would suggest that we were prepared. “Financially, the circumstances have really changed in recent years and for a country like the Netherlands it’s really difficult to get to this stage, only Portugal have been able to do it as well,” said their manager, Erik ten Hag, whose bewitching young side Ajax have comfortably the lowest budget among the remaining contenders; six of the other seven are in the top 11 of this year’s Deloitte Money League, a 30-strong ranking in which they have not featured since 2014. But in Rome they came up against a Juventus side who surprised them with their power and energy. Log in to update your newsletter preferencesPlease I have the feeling we were not good enough. But there was no evidence then, and no bitterness. “You know why? And if somebody runs faster, maybe he runs faster. It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss

Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post “It would be a loss of honour,” he says. Season-by-season guide, extensive all-time stats, plus video highlights of every final to date. I honestly don’t believe the players knew about that. Juventus took an early lead, Ajax managed to peg them back but eventually wilted and were beaten 4-2 on penalties. By the time Ajax met Juventus again, this time losing 6-2 on aggregate in the 1996-97 semi-finals, half of the captivating side that won the Champions League in 1995 had departed. That’s my general feeling.”The case raises the interesting question of whether Juventus should have had the title stripped from them, as happened with their Even though Endt is still furious Juventus, he recognises the “contradiction” here, that reluctance to be awarded the trophy after the event. “Tomorrow he will be there.” The 34-year-old, who scored a hat-trick against Atlético Madrid in the last 16, had missed the last fortnight after picking up the complaint on international duty with Portugal. Stadio Olimpico, Rome. “Cristiano has trained with the group and is available to the team,” said the Juventus coach, Massimiliano Allegri. The match ended in … © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Match info . Now, 23 years on, Ajax’s general manager says he is still ‘bitter’, still ‘sick’, about how he feels Ajax were ‘cheated’ out of that second Champion League title by a doping programme Juve have always deniedEndt was media director and then general manager at Ajax during their glory spell in the 1990s, when they won the Champions League final in 1995 but lost it in 1996.

“We would not want to win that way. There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts “There was no talk of it.” It was only a subsequent Italian prosecution of Juventus for doping in 2004 that raised suspicions about the 1996 win. try again, the name must be uniquePlease He had no doubt that Ajax had been robbed of defending their title.“The bitter feeling came a few years later”, Endt remembers. try again, the name must be unique real-world solutions, and more.

‘A wound that has not healed’: Why Ajax still feel ‘cheated’ by Juventus’s 1996 Champions League triumph. The tenacity of the Juventus players surprised AjaxJuve captain Gianluca Vialli lifts the Champions League trophy‘A wound that has not healed’: Why Ajax still feel ‘cheated’ by Juventus’s 1996 Champions League triumphEmail already exists. Official UEFA Champions League and European Cup history. “But we have a chance now because there is no Moggi.”Enter your email to follow new comments on this article.Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?Want to discuss real-world problems, be involved in the most engaging discussions and hear from the journalists? Finidi George, speaking to a Dutch documentary released in 2013, said that he remembers being surprised by the Juventus’ tenacity and intensity on the pitch. It is a wound that has not healed.”Endt is even frustrated that Ajax did not officially protest more when the case against Juventus was made in court.

They are making a mockery of numbers whose stacking this heavily against them is a scandal.Ten Hag remarked that Ajax have “already pushed boundaries a number of times this season”. We knew it was a long season for us.”Endt says that Ajax’s innocence was part of their national character: “Dutch football is naive. “They [Ajax] never said anything sharp enough, never directing the blame. And now, 23 years on, he admits to Louis van Gaal’s Ajax would have been the first team in the Champions League era to retain the trophy. Giraudo said that “justice was finally served”.When David Endt learned that Juventus had been plausibly accused of doping in 1996, explaining their powerful performance in that Champions League final, he was livid.