Baggio stars in Inter's win
Barcelona, Arsenal both knocked out of Champions League
Posted: Wednesday November 25, 1998 06:10 PM
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Zamorano was credited with Inter's first goal in a match easily dominated by the Italian team AP |
LONDON (AP) -- Substitute Roberto Baggio fired two goals in the
last four minutes Wednesday to lift Inter Milan to a 3-1 victory
over defending titlist Real Madrid in the Champions League and revive
his club's title hopes.
The veteran striker entered the game 22 minutes from the end
with the score tied 1-1 and Inter looking in danger of going out.
He edged Inter in front four minutes from the end and the
brought the 80,000 fans to their feet with a another goal in injury
time as Inter moved to the top of Group C with Real second and
Spartak Moscow third.
In the other Group C game, Spartak was surprisingly held 0-0 at
home by Sturm Graz, the Austrian team gaining its first point after
four losses.
On a night of amazing soccer and scores, Barcelona and
Manchester United fought out another 3-3 draw -- the same scoreline
they had at Old Trafford -- and the Spanish soccer giant dropped out
of the competition.
Rivaldo scored two goals and hit the crossbar from 30 yards and
Tobagan striker Dwight Yorke netted two for the Reds who fell
behind to Sonny Anderson after 50 seconds of a game which was a
great advertisement for attacking soccer.
Anderson scored the first goal of the game for Barcelona Ross Kinnaird/Allsport | |
United lost the Group D standings lead to Bayern Munich which
easily downed Denmark's Brondby 2-0 and the two clubs must meet at
United's Old Trafford in two weeks to see who finishes on top of the group.
English titlist Arsenal went out after a 1-0 flop to French
titlist Lens at Wembley in Group E, and Ajax Amsterdam surprisingly
lost 1-0 at home to last place Croatia Zagreb in Group A and is in
danger of going out too.
Dynamo Kiev came from behind to beat group leader Panathinaikos
2-1 and will go to Lens to decide who tops the group. Both teams
have eight points, two more than Panathinaikos.
With Ajax losing, Greek titlist Olympiakos went to the top of
Group A with a 2-1 victory over Portugal's FC Porto.
German champion Kaiserlautern suffered its first defeat, a 2-1
loss at Benfica but still looks almost certain to make it to the
last eight. Kaiserlautern still has a three point lead in the Group
F standings and needs a draw at home to HJK Helsinki in two weeks
to guaratee top place.
Three goals by the leading scorer in Dutch soccer, Ruud Van
Nistelrooij, gave last place PSV Eindhoven a 3-1 win at HJK
Helsinki in Finland in the other Group F game.
Norway's Rosenborg moved to the top of Group B by beating
Athletic Bilbao 2-1. The Norwegians replace Galtasaray because the
Turkish club's game against Juventus was postponed a week because
of an ongoing political conflict between Turkey and Italy.
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