Defending champion Juventus rallied from a two-goal first-half deficit to beat Roberto Baggio's Brescia 3-2 on Saturday and lift the Turin team into second place in the Serie A.

　　Fabrizio Miccoli and Marco Di Vaio, usually sitting on the substitutes bench, scored two minutes apart early in the second half to even the score, and Czech midfielder Pavel Nedved netted the winner in the 75th with a powerful drive off a corner kick.

　　A quick goal by midfielder Stefano Mauri and a 39th-minute tally by striker Andrea Caracciolo, fed by Baggio, had given Brescia a deserved 2-0 lead.

　　Saturday's hard-fought win vaulted La Juve to 55 points, three behind league leader AC Milan, which was playing host to Sampdoria in the 24th round.

　　AS Roma, with 53 points, was taking on Inter Milan at Stadio Olimpico.

　　Miccoli's goal came on a penalty in the 52nd following a dubious foul by Luigi Di Biagio on Nedved.

　　Miccoli converted on his third attempt as the referee disallowed the two previous kicks because the player had slowed his run before shooting.

　　Miccoli, who transferred from Perugia in the offseason, fed Di Vaio for Juventus' second goal in the 54th.

　　Brescia defenders vainly protested for an offside position of the Juventus forward, later evidenced by slow motion in sports telecasts.

　　"We outplayed Juventus in the first half and deserved victory. Some dubious episodes in the second half revived the Turin team and helped its comeback," Brescia coach Giovanni De Biasi said.

　　Brescia, coming off a 3-1 upset win at Inter Milan last Sunday, was left with 27 points in the lower half of the table.

　　In the only other match of the day, captain-defender Matteo Ferrari headed in the equalizer in the closing minutes as Parma rallied to a 2-2 draw at lowly Modena in a rain-marred regional "derby."

　　Ferrari's first goal of the season at the Alberto Braglia stadium in Modena salvaged the Parma team from consecutive losses following last Sunday's 1-4 thrashing by Roma.

　　The draw lifted Parma to 40 points and into a fourth-place tie with Lazio. Modena, winless in four matches, has 24 points, close to the relegation zone.

　　(The Associated Press)