Juventus have lodged an appeal with a civil court to overturn their relegation for match fixing despite a threat of extra sanctions from Italy's football federation, a spokesman for the soccer club said on Thursday.
A soccer tribunal ruling on the match-fixing scandal in July stripped Juve of their last two Italian titles and demoted them to the second division, where they will start the new season minus 17 points.
The Italian football federation (FIGC) has said it would impose extra sanctions on Juventus if they turned to the regional Lazio court, as the Turin club has now done.
The Turin club failed in attempt to regain their top division status via the Italian Olympic Committee's (CONI) court of conciliation on Friday prompting the board to vote unanimously today to turn to the Lazio regional court which has special rights to rule in sporting matters.
Three other clubs implicated in the scandal - AC Milan, Lazio and Fiorentina - all maintained their Serie A status but were handed points penalties for the upcoming season.
Reggina were later hit with a 15-point reduction for their involvement in the scandal.
The start of the Serie A championship has already been put back by two weeks to September 10th and if Juve were to be successful in getting the regional court to suspend their punishment there could well be a further delay.
