UEFA CUP: Top Italian Teams Crash, Burn
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(March 9, 2000 8:25 p.m. EST http://www.sportserver.com) - Juventus of Turin was routed 4-0 by Spain's Celta de Vigo on Thursday night, leaving no Italian teams in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup.
AS Roma lost at Leeds, Parma lost at Werder Bremen and Udinese, the other Italian team in the fourth round, was eliminated on Tuesday night. Italy has dominated this tournament, winning eight times in 11 years.
Juventus, the Italian League leader, won 1-0 two weeks ago in the first leg of the home-and-home, total-goals series. Benny McCarthy scored twice, Claude Makalele once, and Celta also got an goal when Juventus accidentally put the ball in its own net.
Juventus played two men short after Antonio Conte and Paolo Montero were ejected late in the first half.
In England, Leeds advanced on 1-0 aggregate thanks to a 25-yard goal by Harry Kewell in the first half.
In Germany, Christoph Dabrowski, Marco Bode and Ailton scored to overcome a Mario Stanic goal as Werder Bremen won 3-1 to overcome a 1-0 deficit.
In other fourth round matches, Galatasaray advanced with a scoreless tie against Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal advanced on 6-3 aggregate despite a 2-1 loss at Deportivo de La Coruna, the Spanish League leader.
Lens beat Atletico de Madrid 4-2 to win 6-4 and Mallorca advanced 4-2 despite a 1-0 loss at AS Monaco.
In the quarterfinals, which start March 16, Arsenal plays Werder Bremen, Celta de Vigo plays Lens, Mallorca plays Galatasaray and Leeds plays Slavia Prague.
