Juve win on Conte's return
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Full-back Stephan Lichtsteiner was Juventus' match-winner as the league leaders marked boss Antonio Conte's return to the dugout with a 1-0 victory against struggling Palermo at the Stadio Renzo Barbera.
It was the first time Conte has supervised his team on a match day since he was banned from the touchline for his alleged involvement in match-fixing.
Lichtsteiner's goal five minutes into the second half was the only goal in the game as Palermo played the last 15 minutes with ten men after Michel Morganella saw red after picking up two bookings.
Inter Milan are now the nearest challengers to Juventus at the top of Serie A after defeating Napoli 2-1 at the San Siro.
Fredy Guarin and Diego Milito got the goals for Andrea Stramaccioni's
