Juventus on the brink

Rome, April 30: 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 incidentpacked night that saw 27 goals scored in eight matches.

Massimiliano Allegri’s leaders could have sealed the title had secondplaced 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 keep the gap between themselves and Juve at 14 points with five to play.

Juve now need just a draw at Sampdoria on Saturday night to win the league.

Juventus forward Carlos Tevez celebrates scoring a goal during their Italian league match against Fiorentina at the Juventus Stadium in Turin on Wednesday. Juventus won 3-2.