Juve squeeze past Fiorentina to keep pace with leaders Inter
Juventus kept pace with Serie A leaders Inter Milan thanks to Sunday's 1-0 win at Fiorentina in a match controversially played despite deadly floods, while Romelu Lukaku fired Roma to a late 2-1 win over Lecce.
Massimiliano Allegri's side are two points behind Inter after a hard-fought win in Florence earned thanks to Fabio Miretti's first goal for the club in the 10th minute.
"I'm happy because I was looking for it for a long time and finally it's arrived. I hope others are going to come," said Miretti to DAZN.
It was a classic Juve performance under Allegri, whose team were content to sit back and soak up wave after wave of attack from their profligate hosts and try to strike on the break.
Juve have kept six clean sheets in as many matches since shipping four goals at Sassuolo in late September and without European football they look Inter's most credible rivals for this season's Scudetto, with the pair meeting in Turin after this month's international break.
"You also have to win games on the back foot, with good defending," said Allegri, who insisted his team are not looking at the title.
"You always have to look forwards, but that doesn't mean the Scudetto. Inter, Milan and Napoli are all better equipped."
Sunday's match took place amid protests from a section of Fiorentina's hardcore support and even the mayor of Florence who had both demanded the fixture be postponed following the serious damage wrought across Tuscany by Storm Ciaran.
Italian authorities declared a state of emergency on Friday as record rainfall led to floods sweeping the region and seven people dying.
Fiorentina's ultras did not attend what is traditionally the biggest match of their season in protest at the decision to allow the game to take
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