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Lazio president Lotito: Juventus and Agnelli are not evil

Lazio president Claudio Lotito has rejected accusations against Andrea Agnelli.

Agnelli resigned as Juventus president last week amid the club's financial scandal.

Lotito said: "I am not a magistrate. When they win they get on the cart, then they run away when there is some problem, moreover running away from the people from whom everyone has watered.

"There are teams that have gained so much from selling two players, if Juve hadn't been there it wouldn't have cashed 160 million. Today everyone speaks ill of Juve, but it has contributed to the livelihood of Italian football.

"He (Agnelli) gave me an impression from the human point of view not right compared to what he gave to Italian football. To say that Juve is the evil of Italian football is not fair.

"Today everyone is unleashed to create disagreements against Juve. Politics is one thing, human value is another. Andrea is one who works. He met at the office with me at 8, it means that he woke up at 5, at 6..."

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