Juventus Beats Udinese, Moves up to Fifth in Serie A
Posted: Saturday March 13, 1999 02:12 PM
ROME (AP) -- Juventus, playing the final half hour with 10 men, continued its late push up the Serie A standings Saturday by edging Udinese 2-1 on an afternoon that saw three 'keepers forced to leave their teams' games.
The two-time defending champions notched their fourth win in five games since Carlo Ancelotti replaced Marcello Lippi as coach and moved up to fifth place.
Filippo Inzaghi hit the winner for Juventus (11-7-7) with 13 minutes left, as the hosts overcame the expulsion of 'keeper Michelangelo Rampulla in the 63rd for using his hands outside the penalty area.
With regular starter Angelo Peruzzi sidelined by injury, third-stringer Morgan De Sanctis was pressed into duty.
Udinese (11-6-8) also lost its top 'keeper, Luigi Turci, in the 27th minute. Turci was injured when he slammed into Juve's French playmaker Zinedine Zidane as the two went after a loose ball in the air. Dutch netminder Harald Wapenaar came on to make his Serie A debut, and promptly allowed Uruguayan striker Daniel Fonseca to give Juventus a 1-0 lead in the 30th.
Juventus 2, Udinese 1
At Turin, Fonseca's header off Angelo Di Livio's cross gave Juventus the lead, and Argentine striker Roberto Carlos Sosa outleaped a pack of defenders to nod in an equalizer in the 48th for Udinese. Inzaghi settled the game with a right-footed shot from the edge of the penalty area for his 10th goal.
Juventus takes a 2-1 lead into its second-leg Champions Cup quarterfinal Wednesday against Greece's Olympiakos.
