Two goals from Alessandro Del Piero, including an 85th minute winner, gave Serie A leaders Juventus a 2-1 victory over Brescia on Sunday to keep them right on track for their 27th league title.With second-placed Inter Milan held to a 1-1 draw at home to Lazio, Juventus now have a lead of eight points with just four games remaining and it needs a vivid imagination to foresee a realistic way in which Marcello Lippi’s side could fail to retain their title.After facing Lazio away next week, Juve’s final three games are at home to mid-table Perugia, away to lowly Reggina and at home to Chievo on the final day of the season. Third-placed AC Milan, who lost 2-1 at AS Roma on Saturday, are 12 points adrift of Juve and are left to focus on their Champions League semi-final ties with Inter.Brescia certainly made Juventus fight for the three points though and the Turin side, weary from their midweek extra-time victory over Barcelona in Europe, never hit their stride. Del Piero put Juve ahead in the ninth minute with a freekick that took a deflection off the defensive wall and beat Brescia keeper Matteo Sereni.A single strike looked to be enough for Lippi’s men until Brescia’s Ghanaian midfielder Stephan Appiah equalised in the 83rd minute after being neatly set-up by former Juve striker Roberto Baggio.A draw might have opened up the race for the ‘scudetto’ but three minutes later Del Piero’s left-foot volley restored Juve’s advantage.Former European Player of the Year Baggio hit the crossbar and Juve’s Antonio Conte struck the post during the hectic final stages of the match. Juve midfielder Edgar Davids said Brescia’s performance was a reminder that the Turin side will need to be alert right until the en of the season.“Certainly we are close (to the title) but we have to give 100 per cent to get three points from our last four matches otherwise things can get difficult,” said Davids. (Reuters)
