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Torino scratches 20-year itch to keep Juventus waiting for title

The Turin derby finally went the way of the Granata, but they were fully deserving of three points on the day Juve had hoped to win the title.

There was a time during the first Turin derby of the season back in November when it seemed that Torino had a perfect opportunity to record a rare victory over Juventus. With the score tied at 1-1 and 12 minutes still to play, the Bianconeri were reduced to 10 men by the sending off of Stephan Lichtsteiner.

Not since April 1995 had the Granata triumphed in a local derby, and the belief that history could be about to change only made the devastation more gut-wrenching when Andrea Pirlo lashed home a wonderful winner from distance with seven seconds of injury time remaining.