Italian Football: Torino thwarted by eager Gullit
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Your support makes all the difference.RUUD GULLIT rose from the substitutes' bench at Torino yesterday to save Milan from the unthinkable indignity of a second successive Serie A defeat, writes Rupert Metcalf. The champions had conceded a second- minute goal and, with several top men absent injured and Jean-Pierre Papin on French World Cup duty in Vienna, they were struggling to make an impact on the game until the Dutchman's intervention.
Roberto Mussi was unchallenged as he shot Torino into an early lead with a left-foot shot from just inside the penalty area, and they rarely looked like losing their advantage until Gullit, who was being rested for tomorrow's Italian Cup semi-final against Roma, equalised with a robust header in the 57th minute. Gianluigi Lentini almost added another goal for Milan, with a thrusting run and low cross- shot, while Gullit missed an easier headed chance in the last minute.
Milan saw their lead in the quest for the title reduced to eight points, with nine games remaining, as second-placed Internazionale beat the bottom side, Pescara, 2-0 thanks to a brace from the Uruguayan striker, Ruben Sosa. The two Milan teams meet on 10 April.
Third-placed Lazio did not miss the Izmir-bound Paul Gascoigne, beating Udinese 4-0. Giuseppe Signori, with two, Thomas Doll and Karl Heinz Riedle were on target.
ITALIAN LEAGUE: Ancona 0 Juventus 1 (Julio Cesar 79); Brescia 0 Roma 2 (Caniggia 23, Mihajlovic 26); Fiorentina 2 (Batistuta 60, Di Mauro 62) Cagliari 1 (Cappioli); Genoa 0 Sampdoria 0; Internazionale 2 (Sosa 30, 80) Pescara 0; Lazio 4 (Signori 31, 86, Doll 58, Riedle 87); Udinese 0; Napoli 1 (Policano 20) Atalanta 0; Parma 4 (Brolin 28, Asprilla 45, Melli 46, Di Chiara 68) Foggia 0; Torino 1 (Mussi 2) Milan 1 (Gullit 57).
----------------------------------------------------------------- P W D L F A Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- Milan 25 17 7 1 54 22 41 Internazionale 25 12 9 4 42 29 33 Lazio 25 10 9 6 51 37 29 Torino 25 8 12 5 28 20 28 Parma 25 11 6 8 31 26 28 Sampdoria 25 10 8 7 39 34 28 Juventus 25 10 7 8 40 34 27 Atalanta 25 10 7 8 30 32 27 Roma 25 8 10 7 30 24 26 Cagliari 25 10 6 9 26 26 26 Napoli 25 9 6 10 37 35 24 Fiorentina 25 7 8 10 39 41 22 Udinese 25 9 4 12 33 39 22 Foggia 25 7 8 10 26 40 22 Genoa 25 5 11 9 30 43 21 Brescia 25 6 7 12 21 33 19 Ancona 25 5 5 15 31 50 15 Pescara 25 4 4 17 31 54 12 -----------------------------------------------------------------
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