Old Lady accused of robbery: Juventus beat Roma amid bitter scenes

One presumes a plastic ruler is in the post. After listening to his opposite number at Roma, Dino Viola, complain about the legitimacy of the decisive goal in a 3-1 defeat to Juventus at the Olimpico in the spring of 1983, Bianconeripresident Giampiero Boniperti went out and bought him one so he could measure how far Michel Platini was offside when he crossed for Sergio Brio to score.

Roma would win the Scudetto that season but two years earlier believed they had been denied it when Maurizio Turone's winning goal in Turin was contentiously ruled out. Cesare Prandelli, asleep at the far post, appeared to be playing him onside but the linesman, Giuliano Sancini, a gift-shop salesman from Bologna, thought otherwise and raised his flag. Had it stood, Roma would probably have gone on to claim their first title in almost four decades.

Those incidents are still spoken about to this day, and Sunday's 3-2 Juve win will be for a long time, too.

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