Pavel Nedved says Francesco Totti does not know what it means to play for a big club as the war of words between Juventus and Roma continues.
There has been a particular level of tension between the two sides since the controversies in Sunday's 3-2 Serie A win for the Bianconeri.
Giallorossi captain Francesco Totti suggested Juve have been receiving favours for as long as he can remember and that Roma may as well forget about ever winning the league, adding that they will finish second no matter what.
But Nedved -- an advisor to Juve, who he represented from 2001 to 2009 having previously spent five years with Lazio -- responded on Monday night on Italia 1 television.
"Totti's remarks have irritated us," Nedved said. "He never made it into a club as big as Juve and that's why it's hard to understand what he's trying to say.
"When you work at Juve, you've got everybody against you. I rate him because he's a great champion, but if the captain of my club said what he said after six games of the season, I don't know if he would still be captain."
Earlier, Juve's general manager Beppe Marotta told RAI television that Totti had overstepped the mark, as had Rome-based sports daily Il Corriere dello Sport, whose headline "Campionato falsato" -- falsified league -- he also condemned.
"It's just the same old story and [Totti's] remarks are out of order, as is the Corriere dello Sport's headline," Marotta said. "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."
Roma coach Rudi Garcia, who was sent off for pretending to play a violin after Juve were given their first of two penalties on Sunday -- suggesting it was the same old story -- was equally critical of the refereeing which he felt had cost his side at least a point at the Juventus Stadium.
He said that the penalty areas were one yard bigger, but at the same time conceded his team had wasted too many chances to win the game themselves.
But having had the chance to let the result sink in, he now regrets what happened in Turin, saying Sunday's events left no winner.
"With a clear mind...this game really harms Italian football!" he tweeted.
A mente fredda..questa partita fa veramente del male al calcio Italiano!
- Rudi Garcia (@RudiGarcia) October 6, 2014
It may take Garcia's biggest antagonist from last season, former Juve coach Antonio Conte, to move discussion on from Sunday's events.
"With the national team, we'll try to bring back some serenity," the Italy boss was quoted as saying by Gazzetta dello Sport on Monday. "Under the flag of the national team, we are all friends and teammates again."