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Italian Cup

Lazio halfway there

AFP, Rome
Injury-hit Juventus are in danger of finishing the season without a trophy after losing 2-0 to financially stricken Lazio in the first leg of the Italian Cup final here on Wednesday.
Two second-half goals from midfielder Stefano Fiore ■ a close range finish and an acrobatic scissor kick - left Juventus with a mountain to climb in the second leg which takes place in Turin on May 12.
Lazio also had the luxury of missing a penalty kick when Cesar Aparecido's weak shot was comfortably saved by Antonio Chimenti, while Juventus finished the game with 10 men after Croatian defender Igor Tudor saw red for an ugly challengeon Cesar.
Defeat for Juve was their third in eight days following their Champions League exit at the hands of Deportivo La Coruna -1-0 winners in 1\irin-and their 3-1 loss to Serie A leaders AC Milan on Sunday which practically ended their hopes of winning a third successive Italian league title.
Lazio's victory meanwhile lifted some of the gloom hanging over them following the suspension of the club's shares on the Italian stock exchange.
The future of the Rome outfit,
currently fourth in the league, hangs in the balance due to their cripplingdebts.
Despite building a good lead to take into the second leg. Lazio coach Roberto Mancini said the tie was far from over.
“We have done well to win 2-0 and obviously that gives us a better chance of winning the trophy, but there are two months until the second leg and anything could happen," he said.
Mancini's counterpart Marcello Lippi lamented his side's poor defendingwhich has plagued them all season.
"It's a shame because we undo ail our hard work by conceding soft goals," hesaid.
"It is unfortunate, but we will bounce back and try to recover the situation in the second leg."
Juventus were without injured quintet Alessandro Del Piero, David Trezeguet, Gianluca Zambrotta, Alessandro Birindelli, Fabrizio Miccoli and the suspended Ciro Ferrara.
Claudio Lopez was granted compassionate leave for family reasons, so Roberto Muzzi, Cesar and Bernardo Corradi lined up in a trident attack.
Juventus started brightly and twice went close in the opening 10 minutes.
Marco Di Vaio's close range shot was turned around the post by Lazio goalkeeper Matteo Sereni before Czech midfielder Pavel Nedved's low drive sped past the
post.
After Sereni had once again denied Di Vaio, the half ended in controversy as Lazio were denied what they believed to be a perfectly good goal.
Corradi rose to meet Massimo Oddo's high cross with Chimenti. but neither player made contact with the ball which crept in at the far post.
Lazio's celebrations were cut short however as referee Pierluigi Collina ruled that Corradi had used his arms to block Chimenti and the goal was ruled out.
Seven minutes after the break, Chimenti tripped up Fabio Liverani to concede a penalty, but Cesar's weak spot-kick was easily caught by the Juventus veteran.
Rather than drop their heads, Lazio rallied and took a deserved lead in the59th minute.
Giuliano Giannichedda's cross was flicked on by Fernado Couto for Fiore who tucked the ball past Chimenti with the outside of his boot.
Fiore then rounded off an excellent performance by doubling his tally 10 minutes from the end with a close range overhead kick after Gianluca Pessotto had cleared off the line.
Tudor was sent off for an early bath as Juventus let their frustrations show before Dutchman Jaap Stam almost made it 3-0 with a stooping header only to be denied by a brilliant flying save from Chimenti.