Juventus put one hand on the Serie A title on Wednesday after a brace from Carlos Tevez saw the champions come back from a goal down to win an entertaining match with Fiorentina 3-2. Victory moved them to within a point of their fourth straight league crown on an incident-packed night that saw 27 goals scored in eight matches.
Massimiliano Allegri's leaders could have sealed the title had second-placed Lazio failed to beat Parma, but Stefano Pioli's side struck three times through Marco Parolo, Miroslav Klose and Antonio Candreva in six blistering first half minutes and added a fourth through Balde Keita with nine minutes to go to both keep the gap between themselves and Juve at 14 points with five to play and relegate bankrupt Parma.
Juve now need just a draw at Sampdoria on Saturday night to win the league before Tuesday night's Champions League semi-final clash with Real Madrid in Turin. "At this point it would have to be a sort of backwards miracle for us to lose the title from here. Let's hope we get the point and then we can talk about those two huge games." said Allegri, looking ahead to the Real Madrid matches. "Real have so much technical ability that if you don't play perfectly, and if you don't cause them harm when you have the ball, the chances of going to the final are much lower."