Juventus seal eighth straight Italian title with point against Fiorentina

Juventus players — Juve's eighth straight Serie A title sets a new record among the top five European Leagues

Cristiano Ronaldo says he will be staying at Juventus "1,000%" after the club won an eighth consecutive Serie A title with victory over Fiorentina.

Massimiliano Allegri's side, who failed at the first attempt with a 2-1 loss at SPAL last week, fell behind after a Nikola Milenkovic opener.

Alex Sandro equalised with a brilliant flicked header in the 37th minute.

Victory was sealed after the break when German Pezzella diverted Ronaldo's cross into his own net.

"I'm really happy that I have won the Italian title in my first season," said Ronaldo.

"Of course, it did not go well in the Champions League, but there is next year."

Juventus' 35th league title means the Portuguese forward, who signed from Real Madrid for £99.2m last summer, has become the first player to win domestic titles in England, Spain and Italy.

The Old Lady - as they are commonly known - were knocked out of the Champions League by Ajax in midweek and have won every Italian league title since moving to the Allianz Stadium in 2011.

Earlier on Saturday, Juventus Women beat Verona to retain their Serie A Women title.

Roma fail to take advantage

AC Milan held on to fourth spot in Serie A, which would guarantee them Champions League football at the end of the season, after they drew 1-1 against Parma in the opening game of the day.

Roma could have leapfrogged Milan by beating third-place Inter later, but had to settle for a point after Ivan Perisic's second-half header cancelled out Stephan El Shaarawy's stunning 14th minute strike.

Napoli, who play Atalanta on Monday, are second with 67 points with Inter on 61. Milan are fourth with 56, one ahead of Roma.

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Line-ups

Juventus

Formation 4-4-2

1Szczesny
20Cancelo
24Rugani
19Bonucci
12Alex Sandro
16Ju CuadradoSubstituted forDe Sciglioat 87'minutes
23Can
5PjanicSubstituted forBentancurat 65'minutes
14Matuidi
33BernardeschiSubstituted forKeanat 74'minutes
7Cristiano Ronaldo

Substitutes

2De Sciglio
15Barzagli
18Kean
21Pinsoglio
30Bentancur
32Del Favero
37Spinazzola
40Mavididi
41Nicolussi Caviglia

Fiorentina

Formation 4-4-2

1Lafont
4Milenkovic
20Pezzella
5Ceccherini
16Hancko
11MirallasSubstituted forFernandesat 80'minutes
14Dabo
17Veretout
24BenassiSubstituted forSantos da Silvaat 73'minutesBooked at 80mins
9Simeone
25ChiesaSubstituted forMurielat 66'minutes

Substitutes

2Laurini
3Biraghi
6Norgaard
8Santos da Silva
18Medja Beloko
26Fernandes
27Graiciar
28Vlahovic
29Muriel
31Franchescoli de Souza
33Brancolini
67Ghidotti

Referee:: Fabrizio Pasqua
Attendance:: 40,098

Match Stats

Home TeamJuventusAway TeamFiorentina

Possession: Home61%; Away39%

Shots: Home18; Away13

Shots on Target: Home4; Away3

Corners: Home10; Away7

Fouls: Home13; Away9

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Match ends, Juventus 2, Fiorentina 1.
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Second Half ends, Juventus 2, Fiorentina 1.

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Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by Emre Can.
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Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by João Cancelo with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Federico Ceccherini.
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Attempt missed. Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by David Hancko with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by Emre Can.
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Attempt blocked. Luis Muriel (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Edimilson Fernandes.
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Attempt missed. Bryan Dabo (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left following a corner.
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Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by Wojciech Szczesny.
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Attempt saved. Bryan Dabo (Fiorentina) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giovanni Simeone with a through ball.
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João Cancelo (Juventus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Gerson (Fiorentina).
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Substitution
Substitution, Juventus. Mattia De Sciglio replaces Juan Cuadrado.
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Foul by Juan Cuadrado (Juventus).
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Gerson (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Fiorentina. Conceded by Alex Sandro.
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Foul by Moise Kean (Juventus).
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Jordan Veretout (Fiorentina) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by João Cancelo (Juventus).

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