Momo Sissoko was suspended with David Trezeguet, Vincenzo Iaquinta, Cristiano Zanetti, Mauro Camoranesi, Gigi Buffon, Tiago Mendes, Nicola Legrottaglie, Jonathan Zebina and Olof Mellberg injured, so the team was totally revamped. Napoli too were missing Mariano Bogliacino, Inacio Pia' and Leandro Rinaudo, but had a 100 per cent home record in all competition.

Ranieri was in charge of Napoli from 1991 to '93, while Manuele Blasi and Marcelo Zalayeta were former Juve stars. The curva remained closed due to a ban over crowd trouble. The Napoli players wore black armbands in honour of President Aurelio De Laurentiis' sister.

Marek Hamsik horribly mis-kicked from eight yards, but moments later Juventus went very close indeed, as Christian Poulsen's strike took a deflection off Amauri to loop over Gennaro Iezzo, bringing a splendid fingertip save out of the veteran goalkeeper.

Alex Manninger fumbled a Zalayeta glancing header at the near post, but Pavel Nedved side-footed over Alex Del Piero's cutback. It remained a very open game and Manninger didn't get a decent catch on Hamsik's towering header, but Zalayeta was too slow to take advantage of the loose ball.

Christian Poulsen went into the book for repeated fouls and continued to run risks in the midfield. Iezzo held another Amauri header and flew to fingertip a Del Piero free kick out from under the bar.

Just before the break Zdenek Grygera's crucial intervention prevented Hamsik from getting a free header to Christian Maggio's cross at the back post. Moments later Fabiano Santacroce, who received his first senior international call last week, made a similar clearance to stop Nedved.

Daniele Mannini replaced Gianvito Vitale for the second half, but it was Juve's Claudio Marchisio who skimmed the bar with a fierce snapshot from 30 metres. Christian Molinaro nodded a taut Ezequiel Lavezzi cross off the head of Maggio at the back post, which would probably have led to a goal.

Lavezzi went on a fantastic run past three Juve defenders and exchanged passes with Zalayeta, but the return was too short and the great chance went begging.

Pocho Lavezzi rather ruined the memory of that moment with a free kick so bad it even went wide of the corner flag!

Maggio went on a searing run down the right flank and his angled cross-shot was only from the byline was kept out by Manninger's clutched knees.

However, it was Juventus who broke the deadlock on the hour mark. Poulsen surged down the left and curled in a mid-height cross for Amauri's brilliant volley from seven yards. The Brazilian did it with the inside of his foot and in a bid to compete, Paolo Cannavaro appeared to suffer a thigh strain.

The game burst into life and soon after Napoli equalised. Hamsik was at the back post for a powerful header from six yards on Lavezzi's cross from the left, but the Juventus defence had left the midfielder totally unmarked.

Less than 10 seconds later, Amauri went sliding on to a cross smothered by Iezzo. Napoli threw on Gustavo German Denis for the ineffective Zalayeta, as they were really pushing for all three points.

Rumours of a split between Ranieri and Del Piero were fuelled further as the captain was visibly irritated when he was replaced by Paolo De Ceglie, moving Nedved into central midfield. Poulsen went off with a muscular problem and made way for Swedish teen Albin Ekdal.

The Juve defence crumbled again as Napoli turned the game around completely 10 minutes from time. Knezevic and Salihamidzic collided when trying to crowd out Denis, effectively clearing straight to Lavezzi to burst through the centre and coolly finish past Manninger.

A stunning Hamsik volley whistled over the bar and Ranieri had to make changes, introducing Sebastian Giovinco for Molinaro in a 4-4-2. Grygera was booked for a horrible sliding tackle to stop Mannini running into the box and there was the real risk he could have got a straight red.

In the final minute Giovinco's free kick found a Giorgio Chiellini header just wide of he near post. Denis could've put it beyond doubt in stoppages, but his lob on the counter was off target.
Napoli: Iezzo; Santacroce, Cannavaro (Aronica 64), Contini; Maggio, Blasi, Gargano, Hamsik, Vitale (Mannini 46); Lavezzi, Zalayeta (Denis 68)

Juventus: Manninger; Grygera, Knezevic, Chiellini, Molinaro (Giovinco 83); Salihamidzic, Poulsen (Ekdal 75), Marchisio, Nedved; Del Piero (De Ceglie 71), Amauri

Ref: Saccani

The Toro second choice goalkeeper smothered a Del Piero free kick, but there was almost a real howler when Alex Manninger was in a misunderstanding with Giorgio Chiellini and Rolando Bianchi nearly pounced on the loose ball.

Aimo Diana caught Pavel Nedved right on the knee with a very high tackle, but there was no card because it was only the fourth official who spotted it.

Manninger performed another disastrous error moments later, as he started his run off the line and then stopped, leaving a totally open goal behind him, but Bianchi's lob was off target.

The tension escalated as Simone Barone was booked for hacking down Del Piero. Nedved hobbled back on after several minutes of treatment for a cut to his knee.

There were timid penalty appeals for a Diana handling offence, but he was facing the wrong way when he fell as Marchionni went on a mazy run.

There was a bizarre moment at half-time. Hasan Salihamidzic was meant to replace the injured Zdenek Grygera, but the former Bayern man also picked up a muscular problem during the warm-up, so Olof Mellberg took the right-back slot instead.

The deadlock was broken 120 seconds after the restart. Rosina lost the ball in midfield and Amauri nutmegged Marco Di Loreto, surged down the left channel and his angled drive squirming under Calderoni at the near post in a bit of a howler from the goalkeeper.

Legrottaglie's sliding tackle blocked off a dangerous Abate strike, then Mellberg was fortunate his fresh-air clearance took Rosina by surprise.

Bianchi was in a perfect position to score with a tap-in from six yards, but Legrottaglie did brilliantly to intercept a low Diana cross from the right without turning it into his own net.

Both sides went for a more attacking system, as Sebastian Giovinco, Elvis Abbruscato and Nicola Amoruso came off the bench.

A corner was not cleared effectively, so Di Loreto's chest and volley was deflected over. Toro were piling on the pressure now and another corner found a glancing Abbruscato header that whistled wide.

Legrottaglie's back-header to Manninger was intercepted by substitute Nicola Ventola, but the striker kept going and clattered into the goalkeeper.

Toro continued to push as Amoruso's header glanced wide of the far post. In stoppages Manninger made up for his earlier errors by bravely coming out to pluck a cross off the head of Amoruso.
Juventus: Manninger; Grygera (Mellberg 46), Legrottaglie, Chiellini, Molinaro; Marchionni, Sissoko, Nedved, De Ceglie (Giovinco 64); Del Piero, Amauri (Iaquinta 80)

Torino: Calderoni; Diana, Di Loreto, Natali, Pisano; Abate, P Zanetti, Barone, Rubin (Abbruscato 56); Rosina (Ventola 82); Bianchi (Amoruso 71)

Ref: Rocchi

Baptista had another great chance moments later, nodding a long De Rossi free kick over the bar. Nicola Legrottaglie used his strength to get the header and prevent Vucinic going clear on goal, while De Rossi intercepted on Marco Marchionni in a similar situation.

A long sweeping move with many first-touch passes concluded when Amauri cut back for Grygera from eight yards, but Juan came sliding in to clear the danger.

Del Piero's free kick found Giorgio Chiellini in the six-yard box for a header downwards, but somehow Alexander Doni managed to parry from point-blank range with a fantastic reaction save.

Christian Molinaro's taut cross was flicked on by Amauri, but this put Marchionni off balance and he ballooned over from close range.

The deadlock was finally broken with a Del Piero special. He curled a magnificent free kick into the near top corner from 30 metres, similar in style to the gem he scored against Zenit in the Champions League. He hit it with both curl and pace, meaning Doni simply could not reach the ball.

Del Piero almost netted a spectacular second with a volley from six yards, but it only shook the side-netting and for a moment convinced everyone at the Olimpico that it was in!

Amauri wanted a penalty in the final move of the first half, but the referee waved play on and then had to pull back a furious De Rossi, who was accusing the Brazilian of simulation. Roma threw on Jeremy Menez for Taddei.

Straight after the restart Amauri risked scoring the goal of the season as his acrobatic overhead kick was on target, but Doni parried with a stunning save.

Juve were far more aggressive in this second half and went 2-0 up with a great team move. Del Piero stroked the ball across for Marchionni, who skipped past a sluggish John Arne Riise and chipped the onrushing Doni.

Amauri's towering header was over the bar and Juan deflected a Grygera cross out for a corner before Del Piero could get the header.

Doni required another fine save to parry Amauri's angled drive, while Vucinic couldn't keep his lob on target. Luciano Spalletti went all-out for the final 20 minutes with Stefano Okaka in place of Pizarro. It didn't work, as Roma failed to muster much of a fightback.

Amauri made way for Vincenzo Iaquinta and was visibly unhappy, but was being rested for the upcoming Champions League trip to Real Madrid. Molinaro did well to cut off Vucinic when the Montenegrin had sprung the offside trap in stoppages.
Juventus: Manninger; Grygera (Mellberg 77), Legrottaglie, Chiellini, Molinaro; Marchionni, Sissoko, Tiago, Nedved (De Ceglie 80); Amauri, Del Piero

Roma: Doni; Panucci (Cicinho 58), Mexes, Juan, Riise; Pizarro (Okaka 70), De Rossi; Taddei (Menez 46), Perrotta, Vucinic; Baptista

Ref: Rizzoli

However, it was Juventus who broke the deadlock with Alessandro Del Piero yet again. He had opened the scoring with a solo effort in Turin and did it again, this time finding space from 20 yards as the defenders backed off and he stroked a precise low left-foot drive into the bottom near corner. It was the captain's third goal in four Champions League games.

Real were shaken, but poured forward in retaliation with Sergio Ramos nodding over, while Raul accused Giorgio Chiellini of an elbow in the box when it seemed the Spaniard had run into the back of him.

Pavel Nedved was a little too late to slide on to Cristian Molinaro's cross, but Madrid wasted a golden opportunity. Sergio Ramos was totally unmarked at the back post on a chipped Sneijder cross, but incredibly ballooned over the bar with the inside of his right foot from six yards.

Van Nistelrooy fired over on the counter and Amauri threatened before half-time with his angled drive charged down and the follow-up too long for Tiago. Mellberg did well to block a dangerous Drenthe cross and Diarra also turned a free header well wide in a suspected offside position.

After the restart Drenthe's cross-shot hit the side-netting and Raul had a decent penalty shout for a shove from Nicola Legrottaglie. Iker Casillas rushed out to clear from Marco Marchionni, but when Nedved got to the loose ball the goalkeeper had already resumed his position.

Real had plenty of the ball, but were doing precious little with it, so Gonzalo Higuain replaced Sneijder. Fabio Cannavaro brought down Momo Sissoko 28 metres from goal. It was Del Piero territory and Il Capitano curled a brilliant free kick in at the near post with Casillas rooted to the spot! It was a fine way to celebrate his 34th birthday coming up on Sunday, although the defensive wall was placed very badly.

Higuain had a good chance to get Real back into it immediately, but he scuffed the low cross at the back post. Van Nistelrooy's half-volley was charged down, possibly by Legrottaglie's arm, but it was at point-blank range and he had his arms across his chest, so unlikely to warrant a penalty.

Bernd Schuster was desperate to break back into the game and threw on Javier Saviola and Rafael Van Der Vaart. Instead it was so nearly 3-0 on 87 minutes, as Del Piero turned his marker on a Vincenzo Iaquinta pass and an angled daisy-cutter shaved a coat of paint off the base of the far post.

Alex Manninger made a rare save in the final minutes, grabbing Drenthe's header and Del Piero was given the chance to appreciate the standing ovation of the Bernabeu with a stoppage-time substitution.
Real Madrid: Casillas; Sergio Ramos, Cannavaro, Heinze (Saviola 82), Marcelo; Sneijder (Higuain 64), Diarra, Guti; Raul, Van Nistelrooy (Van Der Vaart 82), Drenthe

Juventus: Manninger; Mellberg, Legrottaglie, Chiellini, Molinaro; Marchionni, Sissoko, Tiago, Nedved; Del Piero (De Ceglie 92), Amauri (Iaquinta 83)

Ref: Vink (Ned)