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Juve look to bury Champions League misery with another Serie A crown

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AFP Milan
Last Updated : Apr 19 2019 | 9:30 AM IST

Juventus turn the page on yet another Champions League disappointment as they focus on sealing an eighth consecutive Serie A title at home on Saturday.

Massimiliano Allegri's side host Fiorentina needing just one more point to lift the Scudetto for a 35th time, days after a shock 2-1 defeat (3-2 on aggregate) to Ajax.

The Turin giants have won the Scudetto more than any other team in Italy with AC Milan and Inter Milan trailing second best with 18 each.

Five-time Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo will have to settle for a Serie A title in his first season in Italy after missing out on a sixth Champions League title.

The 34-year-old was inconsolable after the defeat to Ajax and has remained silent on social media since, with his spectacular hat-trick in the last 16 against Atletico Madrid, and two diving headers over two quarter-final games against Ajax not enough.

"He told me he doesn't perform miracles," his mother Dolores Aveiro told the Portuguese press.

"He was sad. He would have liked to get to the final but it will be for the next time."
"We will, however, go without fear, also taking into account that next Thursday we will have another important match with the Coppa Italia semi-final against Atalanta."
"We want to secure the second spot as soon as possible."
Fixtures (all times GMT)
Saturday
Parma v AC Milan (1030), Bologna v Sampdoria, Cagliari v Frosinone,
Empoli v SPAL, Genoa v Torino, Lazio v Chievo, Udinese v Sassuolo (all 1300), Juventus v Fiorentina (1600), Inter Milan v AS Roma (1830)
Monday

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First Published: Apr 19 2019 | 9:30 AM IST

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