Andrea Gasbarroni put Parma ahead with a penalty in the 43rd minute and Andrea Pisanu doubled their lead in the 57th.

But the drama was reserved for the final 15 minutes with two goals and three red cards.

Nicola Legrottaglie brought Juventus back into the game before Giorgio Chiellini and Domenico Morfeo were sent off for fighting.

Vincenzo Iaquinta equalised 10 minutes from the end and had another goal ruled out in stoppage time, just after Ferdinand Coly had been given his marching orders, leaving the home side to finish the game with nine men, but an important point.

Ranieri lifted this Parma team from the foot of the table to safety in a matter of months last season, but his defection to Juventus in the summer left the Emilian club back at square one.

New coach Domenico Di Carlo has struggled to get largely the same players into the same shape, but the return of Ranieri, even as an adversary, appeared to be the fillip Parma's players needed.

Gasbarroni was one of those players discovered by Ranieri last season, and the former Juventus midfielder impressed against his old boss.

Andrea Pisanu was the first beneficiary of Gasbarroni's invention while Bernardo Corradi also came close to opening the scoring from a Gasbarroni delivery.

Reginaldo had the next chance, forcing Gianluigi Buffon into action in the 35th minute before earning the penalty which gave the home side the lead just minutes before the break.

He was fouled by Cristiano Zanetti inside the area and Gasbarroni stepped up to beat Buffon from the penalty spot.

Pisanu put the home side two ahead 12 minutes into the second half, beating Zdenek Grygera to the ball before beating Buffon and sending the home fans wild in anticipation of a memorable win.

It was not to be, though, as Parma relaxed, and Juve punished them.

Fifteen minutes from time, Legrottaglie closed the gap with a header from Tiago's cross, and the game exploded into life.

Morfeo and Chiellini both lost their heads after a clash and were sent for an early bath, but the red card appeared to hurt the home side the most.

Within minutes, they conceded again, this time allowing Iaquinta too much space to divert Hasan Salihamidzic's cross past Luca Bucci.

The drama did not end here, though, and as the game entered stoppage time, Coly earned his second red card of the season before Iaquinta thought he had won in for the Bianconeri.

His header found the back of the net, but the referee saw a foul by the Italy striker in the build-up to the goal.