Inter left fuming

Juventus scored an apparently offside winner thanks to Alessandro Del Piero to keep their gap at the top of Serie A at eight points between themselves and Inter, with AC Milan a further six points behind.

The make matters even worse, Udinese midfielder Jose Luis Vidigal looked to be fouled by Fabio Cannavaro when about to score into an empty net and Sulley Ali Muntari was sent off for a seemingly well-timed tackle.

The Inter President was incandescent with rage after viewing pictures of the match.

"When a player is pushed in the area when he is about to score, it's a penalty," he fumed. "But as Serse Cosmi says, everyone knows that Juve's resources know no bounds."

Meanwhile, Juventus general director, Luciano Moggi, responded to reaction saying; "It happens to us as well."

"We lost a Super Cup to Inter after David Trezeguet had a goal disallowed and the journalists wrote about a 'deserved' win the next day," he said.

"When something happens to benefit Juventus the whole world goes mad, but nobody went mad the day after our defeat in the Super Coppa and nobody said that if we had been given a penalty against Chievo we would have won the game - we keep quiet and never complain."

A win for Juve in the 'Derby of Italy' next weekend would surely see them open up an unassailable gap at the top of the table with less than half the season left.

Roma captain Francesco Totti fears he may end up missing the World Cup in Germany in the summer as a result the many challenges he has to endure during the course of a game.

He said that the constant battering his ankles take during matches have prevented him from partaking in training session in recent weeks.

"Blows are possible in football. I don't want to complain but I'm really worried in view of the World Cup," he revealed. "With all these ankle blows I have no time for training sessions. The day after a game I have to do physiotherapy, then 48 hours after a match I start with slow training and the day after we are already slowing down to prepare for another match."

Cagliari striker Antonio Langella is looking to move to a bigger club in the near future with Lazio being the latest to express their admiration.

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