Juventus have completed a swift return to the Italian Serie A with a 5-1 drubbing of Arezzo on Saturday. The Italian giants bounced back to the top flight after their ruthless demotion to Serie B last season, following the infamous 'Calciopoli' match-fixing scandal. Juve icon Alessandro Del Piero scored twice to remain the league's top scorer with 21 goals, defender Giorgio Chiellini grabbed a rare brace as well, and French striker David Trezeguet completed the rout with a fifth. The 'Old Lady' reached 82 points at the top of the league table, to secure promotion despite being punished with a 9-point deduction penalty at the start of the season. Del Piero expressed his joy with promotion, despite it being a normal achievement by Juve's standards. "Certainly it's a good day for us, even if winning Serie B is not one of the aims of which we have the habit for," 'King Alex' told Sky Italia. "Anyway, it has been a really difficult season and its right we could celebrate this promotion. "I'm happy. Then, we will think about the next year."
Costacurta has played his final game for Milan before retiring Juve lost a number of their star players after the shocking exit from Serie A including captain Fabio Cannavaro, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Patrick Vieira and Emerson who were all sold last year. However, Gianluigi Buffon, Pavel Nedved and Del Piero and Trezeguet stuck with the Turin club to help them bounce back. Meanwhile in Serie A, Udinese edged past AC Milan with a 3-2 victory in a truly breathtaking game. Asamoah Gyan gave Udinese the lead before French midfielder Yoann Gourcuff leveled for the Rossoneri in the 36th minute. Milan's 41-year-old defender Alessandro Costacurta scored from the spot in his final game with Milan to cancel out Antonio Di Natale's effort. Barreto sealed the win for Udinese in the 67th minute. Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti rested all his key players for the game against Udinese as he prepares to take on Liverpool in the final of the UEFA Champions League in Athens on Wednesday.
