Juventus are officially Serie A champions after a 1-0 win over Sampdoria at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris on Saturday night.
Arturo Vidal ghosted in at the back post to head in Stephan Lichtsteiner’s cross after a half hour as Massimiliano Allegri’s men got the job done with four games remaining.
Juventus came into the match knowing a point would be enough to clinch a fourth straight title.
The Old Lady were sloppy in the opening minutes and thankful Roberto Soriano didn’t punish them. The 24-year-old’s curling shot going over the bar after Leonardo Bonucci was robbed on the edge of his own box following an ill-advised stroll with the ball.
Carlos Tevez tried to get Juve going with ‘El Apache’ showing his strength to win possession in midfield before finding Vidal, who failed to trouble Emiliano Viviano in the Blucerchiati goal.
However the Chilean would be more ruthless soon after as Juventus opened the scoring just past the half hour mark.
Lichtsteiner was given the freedom of the right flank, with enough time for the Swiss international to cut back onto his left and swing a cross to the far post. The defence posting missing and, even with Fernando Llorente in front of him stretching to attack the same ball, Vidal kept his composure to head in.
Sinisa Mihajlovic would have been furious two Juve players had so much freedom but would have exploded had the same pair doubled the Bianconeri’s lead minutes later. Llorente though headed over from a good position from Vidal’s centre.
Deliveries into the box looked Sampdoria’s best chance to ruffle Juventus’ feathers as Luis Muriel whipped in a wicked ball only to find no-one to profit from it. Soon after, Lorenzo De Silvestri headed over as Gianluigi Buffon continued to be a nothing more than a spectator.
Tevez’s double against Fiorentina saw him onto 20 goals for the season and the 31-year-old almost added another as he worked a shooting opportunity only for Viviano to brilliantly tip his effort for a corner.
With an hour gone substitute Gonzalo Bergessio took too long to shoot when one-on-one and Bonucci managed to get a last-minute blocked in. From the resulting corner, the Argentine finally called Buffon into action, but his tame header was easy pickings for the Bianconeri captain.
The 37-year-old goalkeeper had to be alert as Sampdoria pushed for an equaliser but the statistic of 18 shots with only two on target was a damning one against Mihajlovic’s charges.
Allegri began to ring the changes with the Champions League semi-final first leg with Real Madrid in mind and, with Sampdoria unable to muster a clinical moment to peg Juventus back, the Old Lady secured all three points and the Scudetto.
