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Conte: Juventus are ´masters of our destiny´

SoccerNews in Serie A 30 Apr 2012

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Juventus coach Antonio Conte admitted his side have one hand on the Serie A title after they thrashed Novara 4-0 on Sunday.

The Bianconeri remain three points clear of Milan at the summit of the Serie A standings, with just three rounds of the season remaining.

Given that Juve have a better head-to-head record against the Rossoneri, Conte’s troops can secure the Scudetto if they beat Lecce on Wednesday and then Cagliari next Sunday.

“We know that we are masters of our destiny,” he said.

“We’re feeling good, the team is determined and we want to do something extraordinary. We are approaching our goal in exactly the right manner.”

In-form attacker Mirko Vucinic struck twice against Novara, with Marco Borriello and Arturo Vidal accounting for the visitors’ other goals.

And Conte said his side are playing like champions-elect.

“It wasn’t easy today, as Novara beat Lazio three days ago and today they really wanted to trip us up,” he said.

“We are in good shape and anyone who saw the game witnessed a Juventus team that plays with intensity.

“We can make calculations too and we are closing in on the Scudetto in the right way, though we know Milan are great antagonists. The important thing is that our destiny is in our hands.”

Conte praised striker Borriello after the front man scored in consecutive matches for the first time in a Juve jumper on Sunday.

“Marco is in great shape and has entered into the mechanism of our football. Fabio Quagliarella and Alessandro Del Piero also had some physical problems. He put in a fine performance along with Mirko Vucinic today,” he said.

Novara coach Attilio Tesser said his squad were helpless to prevent defeat against Juve, and now they are all but relegated, as they need to win their final three games and get results to go their way.

“There wasn’t much we could do against this Juve side. We did everything within our capabilities, even if we weren’t in the best shape. My future? It’s too early to talk about this,” Tesser said.

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