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Football's world ruling body FIFA are threatening to suspend the Italian football federation over its role in the aftermath of the Juventus match-fixing scandal.
Juventus were demoted to Serie B by Italian sports authorities but since then the Turin giants have been appealing to the country's courts to overturn the ruling.
FIFA is up in arms at what it sees as a lax attitude by the FIGC, and what it regards as moves on the part of Juventus which are contrary to FIFA regulations.
"We have given the FIGC until midday today (Wednesday, 1000 GMT) to tell us how they are going to convince, or prevent Juventus from appealing their case in the Italian courts," FIFA spokesman Andreas Herren told AFP on Tuesday.
FIFA, under their rules, have the power to hand over the whole affair to its Emergency Committe which could then decide to rule on an "eventual suspension of the Italian federation", according to Herren.
That scenario would mean that clubs and the country's various national selections would be banned from participating in international competition.
Juventus were relegated to the second division, intially with a 30-point penalty which was reduced to 17 on appeal to the FIGC.
The club has also been shorn of its last two league titles from 2005 and 2006.
On Monday the club decided to appeal to the civil courts in the shape of TAR, the Regional Administrative Court of Lazio, which has the authority to overturn rulings made by sports federation bodies.
Juventus were demoted to Serie B by Italian sports authorities but since then the Turin giants have been appealing to the country's courts to overturn the ruling.
FIFA is up in arms at what it sees as a lax attitude by the FIGC, and what it regards as moves on the part of Juventus which are contrary to FIFA regulations.
"We have given the FIGC until midday today (Wednesday, 1000 GMT) to tell us how they are going to convince, or prevent Juventus from appealing their case in the Italian courts," FIFA spokesman Andreas Herren told AFP on Tuesday.
FIFA, under their rules, have the power to hand over the whole affair to its Emergency Committe which could then decide to rule on an "eventual suspension of the Italian federation", according to Herren.
That scenario would mean that clubs and the country's various national selections would be banned from participating in international competition.
Juventus were relegated to the second division, intially with a 30-point penalty which was reduced to 17 on appeal to the FIGC.
The club has also been shorn of its last two league titles from 2005 and 2006.
On Monday the club decided to appeal to the civil courts in the shape of TAR, the Regional Administrative Court of Lazio, which has the authority to overturn rulings made by sports federation bodies.