What with rivals Napoli and AS Roma yet again falling from the wayside following a tumultuous season, Juventus yesterday afternoon claimed a fifth consecutive Serie A title.
Seemingly hungover from the previous terms Champions League final appearance, the Old Lady’s start to the season was absolutely disastrous, claiming not only a 17th spot in the division after a handful of games, but also reeling from the departure of first team top performers such as Carlos Tevez, Andrea Pirlo and Arturo Vidal.
However, since October 31st, with the likes of Gianluigi Buffon, Paul Pogba, Juan Cuadrado, Paulo Dybala, Alvaro Morata and an impenetrable defense coming up trumps, Juve have taken a quite incredible 73 points from a possible 75. in a phrase, ‘Championship Winning Form’.
Emulating their feat of 1935 when the Turin giants won a fifth straight title for the first time, Juventus had gone 12 points clear of Napoli with a 2-1 win at Fiorentina on Sunday when goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon made a last-gasp penalty save from Nikola Kalinic.
Napoli had to beat Roma to have any chance of maintaining their bid for a first title in 26 years, but Maurizio Sarri’s men were stunned when Radja Nainggolan hit an 89th-minute winner for the hosts at the Stadio Olimpico, effectively handing Juve the trophy
To celebrate their sides achievements, the club released this celebratory video….
And the players’ obviously had their very own.
Juventus celebrate winning the Scudetto pic.twitter.com/iUPxPJjNf3
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