Juventus celebrates Italian soccer double

MILAN — Juventus beat Napoli 3-1 in Serie A on Saturday as it celebrated winning the double of the Italian league and cup in a party atmosphere in Turin.

Stefano Sturaro put Juventus in front with a spectacular first goal for the club and Simone Pepe sealed the win from the spot after Napoli defender Miguel Britos was sent off in stoppage time for headbutting Alvaro Morata.

“Today is a perfect day,” Sturaro said. “There’s a great crowd and I couldn’t have imagined a better day.”

Napoli’s Champions League hopes are all but over as it remained three points behind third-place Lazio ahead of the Rome derby on Monday. It cannot now catch secondplace Roma and needs Lazio to lose the derby to leave it all to play for when the two meet in the final match of the season.

In the evening match, Genoa snatched a late 3-2 victory over Inter Milan to boost its hopes of qualifying for Europe.

There was a special atmosphere at the Juventus Stadium, in the final home match of the season, and the team paraded the Italian Cup before kickoff, while it was presented with its fourth successive Serie A trophy after the match.

Massimiliano Allegri can clinch an impressive treble in his first year in charge if Juventus beats Barcelona in the Champions League final on June 6.

“Now we’ll enjoy these deserved three days off after a stressful period,” Juventus captain and goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon said. “Then the countdown will start for our most important game in the last 12 years. But tonight we’ll celebrate, we really want to be together and share these achievements.”