Juve clinch 27th Scudetto

Juventus won the Scudetto for the 27th time on Saturday as they drew 2-2 with Perugia while their closest challengers, Inter, could only register a 1-1 draw at home to Parma. The bianconeri, who take on Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals on Wednesday, are eight points clear at the top with two games left to play.

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Second-placed Inter Milan, the only side who had a mathematical chance of catching Juve, drew 1-1 at home to Parma leaving them eight points adrift. An injury-time equaliser from Perugia's Fabio Grosso slightly took the gloss of the occasion at the Delle Alpi stadium after Marco Di Vaio had put Juventus 2-1 up a minute into the second half.

Perugia striker Fabrizio Miccoli, on loan from Juve, had cancelled out David Trezeguet's 25th-minute opener from the penalty spot. But Grosso's equaliser counted for nothing once news came through that Inter had been held. Juve players danced around the field waving flags and then ran a lap of honour, joined by some of their families.

With Real Madrid at the Delle Alpi for a Champions League semi-final, second leg tie on Wednesday, Juve had asked fans not to invade the pitch as they usually do after winning the title and the appeal was heeded. Juventus coach Marcello Lippi also had his mind on the tie with Real, in which his side trail 2-1 from the first leg, and he started several leading players, including Alessandro Del Piero and Pavel Nedved, on the bench.

AC Milan, who face Inter in the return game of their Champions League semi-final on Tuesday also fielded a weakened side and lost 1-0 at Brescia.

A win for Inter would have kept the title race alive for at least one more week but after Sierra Leone forward Mohammed Kallon had given Inter the lead at the break, Parma drew level through former Inter striker, Romanian Adrian Mutu.