Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri has defended the competitiveness of Serie A.

Juve are set to runaway with the Scudetto this season.

But Allegri insists: "It's absolutely not true that there is no competition in Italy. Roma are a team of extraordinary quality and they proved it over the last year-and-a-half.

"The same goes for Napoli, while Fiorentina are growing and Inter built a very good team over the January transfer window.

"Games have to be won, championships have to be won. Nobody gives us anything for free and it's hardly a given that Juventus should win the Scudetto.

"This is all the more true when you consider that it would be the fourth consecutive Scudetto. This is an historic feat that only a few teams in the world have achieved.

"It would be my first one with Juventus, and the fourth for the players.

"We must not lose sight of the main and extraordinary objective of the season."