Juventus's 3-2 defeat at home to Parma yesterday was marred by fan violence as the once proud Turin giants suffered a record 14th reverse in a Serie A season.

Never before has a Juventus team been beaten so many times in a single campaign and they still have one match left to play away to great rivals Milan.

The defeat ensured they will finish in seventh place and face the ignominy of playing the qualifying rounds of the Europa League next season.

Perhaps the biggest surprise, though, is that in such a turbulent and disastrous season Juve have still managed to finish as high as seventh and qualified for Europe.

But that was no consolation to fans who fired smoke bombs at rival Parma supporters and forced the game to be delayed for five minutes while the two teams captains pleaded with their fans to behave.

Interim coach Alberto Zaccheroni, who took over from novice Ciro Ferrara at the end of January and is certain to leave at the end of the season, blamed the team's poor form on his predecessor.

"I picked up a team that had lost nine out of their last 12 matches in league and cups when I arrived," he insisted.

"Now the team is in better shape but when you're sitting in a position in the table that you don't find gratifying it's possible for you to lose concentration."

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