From the papers

January 27, 2000
Juventus Official Site

Despite the fact that Juventus put up a good fight at the Olimpico against Lazio on Wednesday evening, in the papers today there is only praise for the hosts. The papers are in an unforgiving mood and do not treat Juventus with the respect that should be afforded to a side leading the League race for the Scudetto. Tuttosport is the exception in that it reports on Alex Del Piero's fantastic goal: "Del Piero Cannot Save The Day". They follow it up with: "Del Piero came on in the second half in place of Bachini and performed well immediately. Ancelotti's team paid for their first leg result when they were up 3-0 and the game ended 3-2."

In the Gazzetta dello Sport we can read the comments of coach Carlo Ancelotti: "We waited for things to happen and were not willing to stick our necks out. We were very evenly matched and it could have gone either way. It is obviously disappointing to be out of the competition and there is some regret, but looking at it positively, Del Piero returned to form with his goal and that will be a huge boost for him. But I have always liked his game regardless of his goalscoring."

Finally, Tuttosport has some news on the transfer market: "Everyone Wants Inzaghi". They continue by saying, "Manchester has offered Beckham, Lazio Nesta, Inter Vieri and Roma Totti. Luciano Moggi has refused an offer of about £25million for the player, so the larger clubs are upping the stakes by including their top players in the deal. But Juve are not budging."
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