Juve gets eighth Scudetto in a row

Juventus Turin has crowned itself Italian Champion for the eighth time in a row. The old lady defeated AC Florence 2-1 (1-1) on Saturday and, after 33 games, is 20 points clear of their rivals SSC Naples, who will be concluding the match against Atalanta Bergamo on Easter Monday. For the team around 2014 World Champion Sami Khedira and international Emre Can it was the 35th Scudetto in the club’s history.

Four days after Juves surprising end in the quarter-finals of the Champions League against Ajax Amsterdam (1:2) Nikola Milenkovic (6.) brought the Fiorentina early into the lead.

Alex Sandro (37th) and an own goal from German Pezzella (53rd) turned the game around in favour of Turin. AC Milan Juventus were the last team to snatch the Scudetto in 2011.

Can was in the starting eleven for the Turin side, but Khedira had ended his season early due to a knee operation.

The 32-year-old had only celebrated his comeback at Juventus at the beginning of April after being operated for cardiac arrhythmia on 20 February.

Last weekend Juventus had awarded the first match point to decide the championship by a 1:2 score at SPAL Ferrara.

After Milenkovic’s early shock, the hosts were furious, but Florence repeatedly made a flammable counter-attack and failed twice in the first half on aluminium.

After a corner, Sandro released the passionate Turin side by head before the break, and after the change of side, Pezzella pushed a sharp input from superstar Cristiano Ronaldo into his own goal.