Finally, Ju give us some hope

Tonight saw a turn up for the books - 3 points at home and a leap up the table -albeit from 7th to 6th, but every little helps.

However the goal came not from club captain and all-time top Juve goalscorer Ale Del Piero, or all-time top foreign goalscorer David Trezeguet, but from a player that I have already cited as being a standout hero, versatile defender Giorgio Chiellini.

Now, I am not saying that this is a bad thing, not at all. The form that we've been in, we need goals in any which way we can grab them. We could qualify for the Champions League without scoring another goal. If we won our remaining games with an own goal in each one, it would be far from glamorous or ideal but I can't imagine too many people would complain. However when your two most recognised strikers are struggling to get into double figures at such a late stage of the season, when in previous seasons they'd been hitting 20+, alarm bells start ringing.

What is also worrying for fans of the Italian national team is that the crux of the team heading to defend their World Champions status in South Africa are Juve players - players which are currently frighteningly off form.

This win has undoubtedly steadied the ship, and now only three points behind fourth placed Palermo, there seems to be renewed optimism in the Bianconeri camp. The majority of their remaining fixtures are certainly winnable, only two stern tests still to come; away to AC Milan for the final game of the season on Sunday May 16th, but first away to defending champions Inter, in five days time on Friday April 16th.

It's strange to think that, even though there is no way that they can win the title themselves, La Vecchia Signora (The Old Lady) can still have a decisive hand in who does...