Soccer Football - Serie A - Juventus v Fiorentina - Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy - April 20, 2019 Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri celebrates winning the league after the match with team mates REUTERS/Massimo Pinca
(Reuters) - Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri has said several times that winning Serie A for an eighth year in a row would be "something extraordinary" but, for all the impressive statistics and records, it turned out to be all rather mundane.
The Turin side extended their dominance of Italian football when a 2-1 home win over mid-table Fiorentina on Saturday to clinch the championship with five games to spare -- equalling the record for the earliest title win jointly held by Torino, Fiorentina and Inter Milan.
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