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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, June 29, 1994
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Teams in World Cup play waiting game
United States gets into second round; Russian sets record
The Associated Press
This time, it was Italy that had to wait — for less than four hours.
The United States backed into the second round of the World Cup yesterday. Mexico won Group E with a 1-1 tie against the Italians. Ireland secured advancement with a 0-0 draw with Norway that earned the Norwegians nothing but a trip home.
And Italy was left in limbo.
Then Russia — led by an amazing scoring display from Oleg Salenko, whose five goals set a World Cup record — rescued the Italians by beating Cameroon 6-1. That pushed Italy, a pre-tournament favorite, into the second round.
“It’s not shameful,”said coach Arrigo Sacchi about his team’s third-place finish behind the Mexicans and Irish. “There was an extreme balance of power in this group; it was called the ‘Group of Death,’ and it proved to deserve the term.”
Italy temporarily was placed in the position the Americans found themselves for two days. The tie with Mexico meant the Italians finished third in Group E with four points and a 0 goal differential. So they replaced the U.S. team in the land of uncertainty because the Americans scored three goals in the first round and Italy had just two.
But when Russia routed Cameroon — which went from the darlings of the 1990 tournament to a bitter, dissension-ravaged disappointment here — Italy was in.
So was the United States, which will face Brazil at Stanford Stadium on Monday.
"We're very happy about what happened today and the team is very excited about it," said midfielder John Harkes, who will be suspended for the July 4 date with Brazil, which tied Sweden 1 yesterday. "Even though I am not going to play, I'm confident we'll upset somebody and I will get to play."
Yesterday's results sent Mexico to New Jersey for its second-round game, while Ireland goes to the Orlando, Fla. Sweden goes to Dallas.
Italy 1. Mexico 1
At Washington, substitute Daniel Massaro gave Italy the lead in the 47th minute. But 10 minutes later, Marcelino Bernal lifted Mexico from the bottom of Group E to the top with his score.
"It is one of the most important goals I've ever had the pleasure of scoring," Bernal said.
"Jack's Lads" got through without Jack.
Ireland 0, Norway 0
With coach Jack Charlton in the stands due to a suspension, the Irish outplayed Norway for most of the game at Giants Stadium. Neither team could score, but Ireland clearly had the edge.
"The only good moment I had was when the referee blew his whistle at the end," Charlton said after his team had qualified. "The rest of it was hard work."
Russia 6. Cameroon 1
For the second straight World Cup, the Russians beat Cameroon in the final game of the opening round. This time, though, Cameroon hadn't already advanced and the Indomitable Lions were eliminated.
Salenko had a hat trick in the first half at Stanford, Calif., then took advantage of the gambling defense in the second half for two more and the record. Nine players had four goals in a game.
Not even a goal by 42-year-old Roger Milla — the oldest player to score in a World Cup — could help Cameroon, which was disrupted by a dispute with its federation over unpaid salaries.
Brazil 1. Sweden 1
At the Pontiac Silverdome, Romario's third goal of the tournament brought the Brazilians back. Sweden's Kennet Andersson scored a brilliant goal in the first half, and Romario's effort equaled him.
The tie gave Brazil seven points for first place in Group B.
In other World Cup news yesterday
—German midfielder Stefan Effenberg was thrown off the World Cup team for making an obscene gesture at fans during a 3-2 victory over South Korea at Dallas.
"He will not play at the World Cup anymore and he will not be in the national team as long as I am the coach," coach Berti Vogts said. "The subject is closed."
Effenberg's actions took place Monday in Dallas during Germany's difficult 3-2 victory over South Korea.
—Fans battled police in Huntington Park, Calif., after an impromptu celebration of Mexico's move into the second round. Several thousand fans blocked traffic in a five-block area and threw rocks, bottles and telephone books at police and sheriff deputies who tried to keep them on the sidewalks. Officers tried unsuccessfully to disperse the crowd with pepper spray.
The melee was the second World Cup-related disturbance for Huntington Park in less than a week.
Valerie Crow / KANSAN
Sultans of swing
Shane Riley and Termiz Hays, Kansas City, Mo., residents, attempt to return a serve during a practice tennis match. They both are attending the National Youth Sports Program being held at KU. The program meets Mondays through Thursdays through July.
SPORTS in brief
Basketball event still on despite lack of sponsor
Kansan staff report
The Golden Harvest Classic basketball tournament will be replaced this year with a KU men's and women's double-header against Connecticut.
The annual event would have been held in December at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo.
unavailable for comment.
GNI Sports, former sponsor of the Golden Harvest Classic, went out of business and broke their agreement to support this season's tournament, said Ralph McBarron, Kansas marketing consultant and general manager of Creative Sports.
McBarron said that the replacement event will be held Jan. 28, 1995 at Kemper Arena and that it will be nationally televised by CBS.
Kansas organized the tournament with Creative Sports because it wanted to maintain its presence in Kansas City, McBarron said.
Richard Giannini, owner of GNI, was
"The main purpose is to give people the opportunity to see KU play who can't get into Allen Field House," he said.
Creative Sports has organized statewide radio and television networks for Kansas and assisted with other media and sponsorships, McBarron said.
He said that the group was looking for a title sponsor for the event.
NLall stars selected
The Associated Press
Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants led all National League outfielders in voting for the National League All-Star team in
results announced yesterday
The top vote collector in the next-to-last results was shortstop Ozzie Smith of the St. Louis Cardinals, with 2,904,866 votes, while Bonds had 1,953,261.
Bonds had the largest vote on the National League team last year, when he was selected a starter for a second straight year.
Lenny Dykstra of the Philadelphia Philies and David Justice of the Atlanta Braves were second and third among outfielders in votes.
Other position leaders were catcher Mike Piazza of the Los Angeles Dodgers, second baseman Mariano Duncan of the Phillies, third baseman Matt Williams of the Giants and first baseman Gregg Jeffries of the Cardinals.
The starting players and reserves will be announced Sunday for the July 12 game at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium.
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