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Wilting Juve beaten at home by Bologna

Seventh-placed Juve, enduring a second dreadful season in a row having initially battled back so well from a 2006 match-fixing demotion, also lost 2-0 at lowly Lecce last weekend which prompted a public scalding from president Andrea Agnelli.

Coach Luigi Del Neri was spared the blame for that defeat given it came after a win over champions Inter Milan, but he may now be getting twitchy in his first term in charge as Juve have gone through four managers since returning to Serie A in 2007.

Juve were without suspended goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon after his red card at Lecce while central defender Giorgio Chiellini was again employed at left-back in a change which has puzzled fans of Italy's best supported and most successful club.