The 2000–01 season was

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's 103rd in existence and 99th consecutive season in the top flight of

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Season review

Juventus just came up short in

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for the second year in a row. Unlike in

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, it did not have matters in its own hands prior to the final game of the season, and even though Juventus fended off

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2–1 at home,

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beat

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3–1, which meant the title landed with a Roman club for the second year running. The determining moment of the title race had been a showdown between Juventus and Roma at the Stadio delle Alpi with six games to go, and the ''Bianconeri'' closing down on the Romans who had suffered a recent dip in their form. In front of their crowd, Juventus began the brightest. Two goals in quick succession by

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and

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gave them a lead they held on to until the 79th minute, when

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took center stage. The Dutch goalkeeper fumbled a long-range effort from Roma's Japanese midfielder

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, enabling the latter to score a fortunate goal. In added time,

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equalized for the Roman club, thus denying Juventus a vital victory. ''La Vecchia Signora'' did win all five of its remaining games after that, but in the meantime, Roma did enough to make sure they didn't lose the top spot of the table, thus winning their first ''scudetto'' since 1983. The success was celebrated wildly in the streets of the Italian capital, and the fact that Roma had beaten bitter rivals Juventus to the title made the supporters even happier. In the Champions League, Juventus was a major disappointment, getting knocked out in the first group stage of the tournament. It was the first time in the club's history that it had been knocked so early in the competition. This performance put

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's position at the helm under even more threat. Ancelotti had already been associated in the previous season with the club's worst run in any European competition since the 1987–88 season. As a man who had been associated with Juve's rivals

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and Parma for most of his footballing career, he had never been a popular choice with the fans, with frequent doubts being raised about his lack of concern for the club's declining fortunes. In the summer of 2001, wholesale changes were made.

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returned to his old job prior to the 2001–02 season. It was also

's last season with Juventus as he was sold for a world record fee to Real Madrid, but the Italian club compensated his loss with four new players during the summer, with

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and

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coming from Parma, and

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and

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came from

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