Scorers: Del Piero 17, 89 (J), Marchisio 37 (J)  [ Video highlights at bottom of page]

Ciro Ferrara had the perfect debut as Alessandro Del Piero and Claudio Marchisio sent Juventus into second place!

On Monday Claudio Ranieri became the first Juventus Coach in 40 years to be sacked mid-season, so legend Ferrara was promoted from chief co-ordinator of the youth sector for his Serie A bow. Time was of the essence, as they were only one point clear of Fiorentina and finishing fourth would be disastrous by forcing them into the Champions League preliminary round.

The Bianconeri were without a win in seven and missed Momo Sissoko, Zdenek Grygera, Christian Molinaro, Albin Ekdal and Dario Knezevic. Alessandro Del Piero recovered from a bruised thigh to start. Siena had nothing to play for but pride and the only real injury loss was Houssine Kharja. He had scored the only goal here last season, which interrupted Juve's 100 per cent record in Siena in three visits.

After 40 seconds Gigi Buffon had to grab a Jarolim free kick, but Iaquinta should've opened the scoring on 15 minutes. He sprung the offside trap and was totally clear on goal, but hesitated and hit a weak effort straight at goalkeeper Gianluca Curci.

Del Piero scored the first goal of the Ferrara era for Juventus, as he curled a trademark free kick into the near top corner from just over 20 metres, more distant than Il Capitano is accustomed to. It was a particularly special moment for Alex, who had been repeatedly dropped by Ranieri.

Del Piero volleyed over from a promising position, but Juve doubled their lead just before the break. Del Piero was the provider this time as he went on the counter and placed a slide-rule pass between defenders for Claudio Marchisio to score with the outside of his right foot.

Curci was at full stretch to keep out another Del Piero free kick and a central snapshot from the captain. The second half was significantly quieter for all concerned, as the heat and tiredness took its toll.

Del Piero completed his brace by waltzing round the goalkeeper in the final minute after springing the offside trap.