AFP, Milan
Champions Juventus moved third, just one point behind AC Milan, after beating Parma 3-1 on Wednesday, hours after the top three were forced to backtrack on plans to join the new 12-team closed tournament.
"We players had the game in mind, honestly for us nothing has changed," said Juve defender Alex Sandro who scored a brace on the night.
These are three really important points for us."
Meanwhile, Serie A leaders Inter Milan were held at Spezia but extended their advantage to 10 points, as nearest rivals AC Milan fell to a 2-1 home defeat by Sassuolo after a chaotic few days amid the European Super League furore.
Juventus got off to a slow start in Turin, with Parma's Gaston Brugman's perfectly taken free-kick beating Gianluigi Buffon on 25 minutes.
Serie A top-scorer Cristiano Ronaldo was back, alongside Paulo Dybala, after a one-match injury absence, but it was Juve's defenders who scored the goals.
Alex Sandro volleyed in the first before the break and struck again early in the second half, heading in a Juan Cuadrado cross.
Cuadrado provided the corner which Matthijs de Ligt got his head to on 68 minutes to seal all three points for Juve, in front of club president Andrea Agnelli after three days of Super League turmoil.
