Juve stadium ban enforced after appeal rejected

Juventus will play tomorrow's Serie A game at home to Atalanta behind closed doors after they lost an appeal against a stadium ban. The ban was originally handed down by the Italian League after Juve supporters racially abused Inter striker Mario...

Juventus will play tomorrow's Serie A game at home to Atalanta behind closed doors after they lost an appeal against a stadium ban.

The ban was originally handed down by the Italian League after Juve supporters racially abused Inter striker Mario Balotelli in a 1-1 draw in Turin last month.

The Serie A club won a temporary injunction against the sanction but CONI said in a statement it had rejected their appeal after examining further evidence.

Juve confirmed that tomorrow's game with Atalanta was the match affected.

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