Italian Football: Toto football helps Inter close on Milan
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Your support makes all the difference.AS Tony Adams was lording it at Wembley, his colleague in the heart of England's defence was being substituted by Sampdoria. Des Walker was replaced by a forward as Samp sought to claw back Internazionale's two-goal lead - engineered by Toto Schillaci after 21 minutes, writes Henry Winter.
The scheme failed, Nicola Berti tucking away a delightful breakaway third before Vladimir Jugovic's free-kick lent some semblance of respectability to the scoreline. Inter's attackers have certainly perked up since Dennis Bergkamp agreed to join the Nerazzurri.
The win takes them a point closer to the leaders, Milan, whose faltering form continued on Saturday when they needed two second-half goals from Gigi Lentini - the first a fine overhead kick - to prise a point from Napoli at in the San Siro.
Despite the presence of David Platt and Roberto Baggio, Juventus, who were also playing on Saturday to give them a longer preparation for a midweek European tie, could manage only a stalemate with modest Udinese.
Paul Gascoigne helped Lazio to a 1-1 draw at Torino. Aron Winter, who Gascoigne should face when the Dutch visit Wembley on 28 April, put Lazio ahead after dribbling through the home defence; Enzo Scifo equalised with four minutes left.
Back at the Stadio Olimpico, Roma dropped Claudio Caniggia, one of two players drug-tested two weeks ago, for the 1-1 draw with Fiorentina. Roma admitted one of the tests was positive.
ITALIAN LEAGUE: Saturday: Milan 2 (Lentini 57, 63) Napoli 2 (Careca 35, Policano 45); Pescara 0 Parma 2 (Matrecano 3, 45); Udinese 0 Juventus 0. Yesterday: Cagliari 3 (Pusceddu 8, Signorini og 39, Pusceddu 66) Genoa 0; Torino 1 (Scifo 86) Lazio 1 (Winter 55); Sampdoria 1 (Jugovic 75) Inter 3 (Schillaci 1 21, Berti 68); Roma 1 (Rizzitelli 5) Fiorentina 1 (Laudrup 12); Foggia 1 (Kolivanov pen 42) Atalanta 0; Brescia 1 (Rossi 45) Ancona 1 (Lupo 68).
----------------------------------------------------------------- P W D L F A Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- Milan 26 17 8 1 56 24 42 Internazionale 26 13 9 4 45 30 35 Lazio 26 10 10 6 52 38 30 Parma 26 12 6 8 33 26 30 Torino 26 8 13 5 29 21 29 Juventus 26 10 8 8 40 34 28 Cagliari 26 11 6 9 29 26 28 Sampdoria 26 10 8 8 40 37 28 Roma 26 8 11 7 31 25 27 Atalanta 26 10 7 9 30 33 27 Napoli 26 9 7 10 39 37 25 Foggia 26 8 8 10 27 40 24 Fiorentina 26 7 9 10 40 42 23 Udinese 26 9 5 12 33 39 23 Genoa 26 5 11 10 30 46 21 Brescia 26 6 8 12 22 34 20 Ancona 26 5 6 15 32 51 16 Pescara 26 4 4 18 31 56 12 -----------------------------------------------------------------
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