Europe was a dream this season and a novelty for many of the Juve players.That goal extended their record breaking number of Italian titles to 29, a figure that excludes the 2004-05 and 2005-06 titles of which they were stripped after an Italian Football Federation ruling on match-fixing allegations.Although they edged out holders Chelsea to qualify for the knockout rounds of this season's Champions League, Juventus were beaten 4-0 on aggregate by finalists Bayern Munich in their one-sided last-eight clash.Successive Serie A wins mark a remarkable resurgence for the Turin club, as they were additionally relegated to the second division for the 2006-07 season and given a nine-point deduction.That result ended their hopes of a third victory in the cup, 17 years after they last claimed the trophy with victory on penalties against Dutch side Ajax.The difference from last year is that we had nothing to lose, whereas this time we were under an obligation to win because otherwise it would have been treated as a failure," Italy 2006 World Cup winning goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon told Mediaset.Although they suffered disappointment in Europe, top scorer Arturo Vidal's second-half penalty against their relegation-threatened opponents gave Juve an unassailable 14-point lead over second-placed Napoli in Serie A.
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