Juventus overcame their European blues when they fought back to beat Fiorentina 2-1 at home on Saturday April 20,2019 and claim the Serie A title for a remarkable eighth season in a row
Knocked out of the Champions League by Ajax in the quarter-finals on Tuesday, Juventus fell behind to a Nikola Milenkovic goal in the sixth minute and survived two Federico Chiesa shots against the woodwork before halftime.
But an Alex Sandro header and a German Pezzella own goal either side of the break wrapped up a record-extending 35th scudetto crown and allowed Cristiano Ronaldo to add to the English and Spanish titles he won with Manchester United and Real Madrid at the first attempt
Juve`s 28th win in 33 league games this season left them with 87 points, 20 more than second-placed Napoli who have six games to play. They are the first team to win any of Europe`s top five leagues -- England, Spain, France, Italy and Germany -- eight times in a row.
"To win the championship with five matches to spare is a testimony to the great season we have had," said coach Massimiliano Allegri who has been in charge for the last five campaigns and also won Serie A with AC Milan in 2011.
Ronaldo, scorer of 19 goals in the campaign, said, "I`m really happy to have won the Italian title in my first season here. It has been a great season for this Juventus, we also won the Italian Supercup. We didn`t do so well in the Champions League but there is always next year."
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