Juventus' Del Piero celebrates during their Italian Serie B football match against Naples at San Paolo stadium in Naples. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.

 

Juventus' Del Piero celebrates during their Italian Serie B football match against Naples at San Paolo stadium in Naples. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.

 

Del Piero scored his 202nd goal for Juventus as the demoted Italian soccer club was held to a 1-1 draw by Napoli on Monday in a Italian second division soccer league match.

 

Piero put the visitors ahead with a free kick in the 67th minute and Napoli midfielder Mariano Bogliacino equalised six minutes later, bringing to a halt Juve's run of eight consecutive victories.

 

Juventus are now just four points adrift of leaders Genoa having seen their original 30 point penalty for matchfixing reduced to nine, though they were also relegated while Napoli are seventh in the standings.

 

Some 65,000 spectators packed the San Paolo stadium to watch the two clubs in a league match for the first time since February 2001, when Napoli lost 3-0 to Juventus on the way to relegation from first division.

 

Juventus' Del Piero fights for the ball during the Italian Serie B football match against Naples at San Paolo stadium in Naples.

 

(Xinhua News Agency November 7, 2006)