14/03/2003

INZAGHI INSPIRES LAZIO VICTORY

Substitute Simone Inzaghi's second-half strike gave S.S. Lazio the edge in the first leg of their UEFA Cup quarter-final against Besiktas JK at the Stadio Olimpico.

The striker, returning from a one-month layoff with a wrist injury, turned on Dejan Stankovic's cross five minutes after entering the action to fire the home side ahead and set up the prospect of an exciting second leg between two evenly-matched sides in Istanbul next week. "With Inzaghi we had more strength in attack," said Lazio coach Roberto Mancini of the 50th-minute substitute.

[LazioMania.net]