Prime Minister Romano Prodi on Friday.

"The trial has not respected indispensable characteristics of certainty that all trials must have...there is no question of bribery in this scandal, so we can't talk about corruption in the strict sense of the word...I am against the relegation of any club, and I don't say that as president of AC Milan."

AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday.

"These players have shown that Italian football has values and among those values there is the moral part."
"The players in this team had nothing to apologise for...Italian football can rebuild itself from this victory."

Outgoing Italy coach Marcello Lippi, after the World Cup final.

"There are millions and millions of people who are waiting for the sentences. It's only right that the truth comes out."
"Without the football scandal we would have not won the World Cup. It gave us extra will-power."

Italy midfielder Gennaro Gattuso.

"Look, I'm not a saint but I've not been in the company of angels."

Luciano Moggi, former general manager of Juventus.