Tuesday 7 October 2014 14:37, UK
Pavel Nedved has expressed his anger at Francesco Totti's comments in the wake of Juventus' 3-2 Serie A win over Roma on Sunday.
Roma captain Totti, speaking at the weekend after his side's first loss of the season, hinted that the Turin club get preferential treatment and will always finish ahead of the Giallorossi.
Nedved, a former Juve midfielder and current member of the club's board of directors, said to Italian TV station Italia 1: "I rate Totti because he is a great champion, but his remarks have angered me.
"He has never arrived to play in a club as big as Juventus and that is why he doesn't understand what it means.
"If you play and work for Juve, everyone is against you.
"I will add this too - it also influences the referees' approach as at times they fear awarding Juve on certain calls.
"If the captain of my team said what Totti said after six rounds of games played, I don't know if he would still be captain."
Juve club administrator Giuseppe Marotta also scolded Totti and Rome-based sports newspaper Il Corriere dello Sport for its 'Campionato falsato' ('false league') headline.
"It's the same old story and his (Totti's) remarks are out of order, as is Corriere dello Sport's headline," he said to Rai Sport. "There are still 32 games to go and it's always the strongest who wins.
"If football were a game determined by points, then a draw would have been fairer, but Juve believed in it to the end and (Leonardo) Bonucci got the winner.
"To say that Juve are thieves and the league is falsified is taking things too far.
"Juve are strong and Roma are stronger than they were last year. They have closed the gap."
The outcome in Turin kept the champions perfect in Serie A this term and moved them three points clear of last season's runners-up Roma at the top of the standings.
