Alessandro Del Piero all but clinched the golden boot award with two goals for Juventus as they took a point from a six-goal thriller against Sampdoria at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris on Saturday.

Juve raced into a two-goal lead with Del Piero and David Trezeguet, with a penalty, both moving to 20 goals for the season early on.

But Antonio Cassano and Christian Maggio brought Samp level.

Cassano then missed the second spot-kick of the afternoon on the stroke of half-time before Del Piero converted the third to become the league's top goalscorer in the 65th minute, just after Mohamed Sissoko had been sent off.

Vincenzo Montella then scored his 141st Serie A goal to bring Samp level once again.

Neither side had anything to play for with Sampdoria certain of their place in the UEFA Cup next season and Juventus guaranteed third place in Serie A.

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