Sport 07-12-2001 Burley`s Tractor Boys Blitzed At San Siro who: Ipswich Town what: Lose 4-1 to Inter Milan in UEFA Cup where: Milan when: Last night snippet: "The adventure is over and in a more crushing fashion than Ipswich would have liked," says The Guardian`s Jon Brodkin after Ipswich lost 4-1 to the mighty Inter Milan in the second leg of their UEFA Cup tie last night. "Beating Internazionale at Portman Road was one thing, containing them at the San Siro when faced with Christian Vieri proved quite another." "Vieri, whose farmhand physique ought to make him an honourary Tractor Boy, took only 19 minutes to cancel out Ipswich`s first-leg advantage," says Glenn Moore in The Independent. Vieri scored a second 13 minutes later, Mohamed Kallon had got Inter`s third and £31million striker Vieri completed his hat-trick 15 minutes from time. Ten minutes from the end, Ipswich "grabbed their late consolation as Armstrong struck a 78th-minute penalty after Zanetti handled Matt Holland`s 20-yard shot," says The Mirror. But Inter`s answer to the consolation goal was swift, says Sam Wallace in The Telegraph. "They brought on Ronaldo... If his absence from the starting XI was a relief, Ronaldo`s presence on the bench was a warning that the club leading Serie A had a depth to their squad that Ipswich could barely imagine." "It`s a shame we didn`t make more of a game of it," said boss George Burley afterwards, "but we were beaten by a very good side." [... more]

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