Juventus have won a fifth consecutive Serie A league title following Napoli’s 1-0 defeat against Roma.
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Napoli had to claim all three points on Monday, April 25, to keep their slim hopes of catching Juventus alive, who defeated Fiorentina 2-1 on Sunday, April 24. They however lost to their rivals after a late Radja Nainggolan strike.
The victory completes a stunning rise for the Old Lady, who were in 12th place and 11 points off the top on October 28.
Juve captain Gianluigi Buffon has now won seven Serie A titles with the club, who had another two stripped from them for a match-fixing scandal more than a decade ago.
“The moment we really turned a corner was scoring in the 95th minute against Torino,”said the 38-year-old goalkeeper, referring to the 2-1 victory on 31 October that started their long winning run.
“That gave us a confidence boost and we began to see even the most unthinkable targets were within our reach.
“My first and this season’s have been the greatest of all my Scudetto victories. This season has been crazy and unbelievable. This victory showed our strength both in terms of technique and character.”
Coach Massimiliano Allegri, who has won the Serie A title in both of his two seasons in charge, said: “It has been a memorable season.
“Everybody thought we had no chance after our bad start, when many thought the club should have sacked me. We did very well to react after that poor start, winning 24 games out of 25 is almost impossible, but we did it.”
