From Berlin to B and from B to Berlin. It was Gianluigi Buffon who scored a point. He reasoned about the course of life via a simple post on Twitter, immediately after Juventus reached the Champions League final in 2015.

Nine years earlier, he had first won the World Cup at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin and then followed when Juventus were forcibly relegated to Serie B. Now he stood at the gates of heaven, with the sun on his face, to play the final in the same arena.

From Berlin to B, from B to Berlin. Down in hell and up again, back to the future, with a black and white emblem pounding on his chest.

Finished seventh

It's easy to forget today, but when Juventus stormed back to the top flight, it took time before they became champions. The Inter-ship had sailed away with captain Mancini or Mourinho, a dying Milan had been given the elixir of life by Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Third, second, seventh, seventh - but in year five, Juventus rose and conquered the throne. First they said goodbye to Alessandro Del Piero, the gentleman who never wanted to leave his old lady, and then they set up their own arena in Turin.

First of all, get rid of the old. In with Andrea Pirlo as engine and Antonio Conte as fuel. Oil machinery, produce three-pointers. Recruit players as bosses. Repeat. Nine years later, Juventus have won nine straight league titles.

Questions have been asked about the team's midfield, about why they did not manage to bring in replacements for Pirlo, Paul Pogba and Arturo Vidal. Boots have been aimed at the achievements in Europe and at coach Maurizio Sarris' ability to take home titles.

The truth content is high in all that - but in a table that never lies, Juventus' name shines at the top again.

Weak rivals?

Lazio looked to challenge all the way, Inter sprinted to and Atalanta broke goal records in the hunt for the league leaders. Everyone gets to see themselves defeated. Everyone gets to bow to Cristiano Ronaldo, Paulo Dybala and Gigi Buffon.

It can be argued that the rivals are the worst when it comes to serving Juventus a golden shield on a silver platter. And yes, the one does not exclude the other, but the other does not exclude the one.

Juventus owns its own arena, has the winning mentality in the backbone, is most champions in Italy and has one of the world's two best football players.

When the club presented its new logo, the football fans took turns laughing at it, but where losers focus on winners, winners focus on winning.

- They want to do like Nike and Adidas. They want people to associate the J with Juventus. The logo is different and forward-looking, cool and trendy. It gives the club new market paths to go, said Francesco Cosatti on Sky Sports.

"We want to win everything"

Now "Juve" is here, as champion again. They waited out the corona storm, trusted their own ability, gave the ball to Ronaldo on their feet or head and pushed up the scudetto gate for the ninth year in a row.

When they played training in Solna last summer at a sold-out Friends Arena, winger Douglas Costa got a question and looked puzzled.

- Focus on the Champions League this year? The league is just as important. We are Juventus. We want to win everything, he said and hurried to the bus.

What happens now? Where does the victory bus roll? One of the goals is to reach the European final, as when you went from B to Berlin and lost, but in the meantime you are kings in your kingdom.

Big to win the league? Bigger to defend the title? There is no need to ask those questions. Juventus always responds in the same way. They shrug their shoulders - and win again.