Felipe Melo headed an 82nd-minute winner as Juventus claimed
a vital victory following back-to-back league defeats.
Juve's European ambitions had suffered two major setbacks after
away defeats at Sampdoria and Napoli in the past seven days and
it took the creative class of veteran striker Alessandro Del Piero
to get them back to winning ways.
The 35-year-old fired Juve ahead with a wonderful 30-yard free-kick
on the half-hour and while Nicola Amoruso equalised before the break,
it was Del Piero's pin-point cross that set up Felipe Melo to deliver
the three points to the Turin giants.
Juve's win moves them up to sixth and in possession of the final
Europa League place, with Sampdoria falling behind them after they
could only draw 1-1 at home to Cagliari.
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