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'I World Cup Section Page 16 Fort Worth Star-Telegram I Sunday July 101994 lammanstalatar i 'Notes AQuotes 1 By Richie Whitt Dallas' soccer experience has ALLAS Six games Three lt---4 Winter Olympics weeks More languages than a 4 (I 11 When it came down to poetic United Nations caucus More 4 al performance though there was no emotion than a season ofsoap op-ic'l question about the best team to eras I play the Cotton Bowl since Brooks And still my World Cup runneth 271' and Dunn The Brazilians were as adver- over with questions tised magicians in short pants Yesterday for example the day tr I '1 the World Cuppers pulled out and They look like I 0 stunted and bow- left the old ballpark to the Sooners legged Harlem Globetrotters The and Longhorns and the Kilgore Galyn Wilkins Americans knocked out of the Rangerettes there was a question co ENt-A-R mom tournament by them last week before the first kick said "They are dribbling mani- How come the bandsmen en- uniforms of their team consisted of acs" trusted with the national anthems dark blue jerseys and white pants They dribbled all afternoon but of Brazil and the Ask a journalist from Sao Paulo it was a 28-yard free kick late in the the competitors in this quarterfi- if the team was wearing some sort match that finally kicked the nal match showed up in camou- ofdisguise and he shrugs and says Dutch out of town and out of the flaged battle dress? Were they ex- "This is their favorite the blue and country yesterday Millions of Bra- pecting the Iraqis? white Sometimes they wear yet- zilians will be worshipping at the And then even to a colorblind low but not today" foot of Branco at least until the witness there was something odd And one more question: Why semifinals Wednesday 'bout the hue of this match Brazil- were those guys still waving the That brings up another question: an fans the most heavily cos- Norwegian flag? They've been What is Branco's first name? An- umed delegates of the Dallas se- there since opening night and swet: That isn't his real name at ies were decked out in so much there hasn't been a Norwepian cne- all The name on his passport is -n weeks More languages than a United Nations caucus More emotion than a season ofsoap operas And still my World Cup runneth over with questions Yesterday for example the day the World Cuppers pulled out and left the old ballpark to the Sooners and Longhorns and the Kilgore Rangerettes there was a question before the first kick How come the bandsmen en- uniforms of their team consisted of trusted with the national anthems dark blue jerseys and white pants of Brazil and the Ask a journalist from Sao Paulo the competitors in this quarterfl- if the team was wearing some sort nal match showed up in camou- ofdisguise and he shrugs and says flaged battle dress? Were they ex- "This is their favorite the blue and pecting the Iraqis? white Sometimes they wear yet-And then even to a colorblind low but not today" witness there was something odd And one more question: Why about the hue of this match Brazil- were those guys still waving the Ian fans the most heavily cos- Norwegian flag? They've been turned delegates of the Dallas se- there since opening night and ries were decked Out in so much there hasn't been a Norwegian Winter Olympics When it came down to poetic performance though there was no question about the best team to play the Cotton Bowl since Brooks and Dunn The Brazilians were as advertised magicians in short pants They look like I 0 stunted and bowlegged Harlem Globetrotters The Americans knocked out of the tournament by them last week said "They are dribbling maniacs" They dribbled all afternoon but it was a 28-yard free kick late in the match that finally kicked the Dutch out of town and out of the country yesterday Millions of Brazilians will be worshipping at the foot of Branco at least until the semifinals Wednesday That brings up another question: What is Branco's first name? Answet: That isn't his real name at all The name on his passport is colorful conclusion ens "Branco is what you call a on the necks this must have felt like a Saturday afternoon on the nickname a name he likes Like many players for Brazil it is the Zulder Zee They got a break from only name he needs" the weather maybe they didn't get So how is it that Branco upstages a break from the linesman so all in the Brazilian star duet of Bebeto all they got a square deal It looked afterward as if the Bra- and Romario? Those aren't their real names either zilian fans were going to samba all Branco explains that first he the way to Pasadena Calif One of "had help from above" And sec- them has followed his beloved ond "the players from the Nether- team around America in a green lands didn't think I was the best and yellow Statue of Liberty cos- player on our team so perhaps they tume his pal in a green and yellow didn't watch me so closely" Uncle Sam suit Th theme eme you will recognize as Yii ptera doliy wrapped up in the n't have to ask why they are a universal tune played by all the game Why they came to Dallas in world's athletes "I got no respect garish Uncle Sam suits from those guys so that's why I "Soccer is madness" the Sao kicked their tails in the 8 I st minute today" Paulo reporter shrugs "It is a say- ing" Also familiar was the Dutch They're wild the Brazilian fa- theme: We wuz robbed Their top natics and the Brazilian players Dennis Bergkamp said his scorer They can dance they can yell they team was victimized by "a lines- can kick it and dribble it and make man who must be blind" it disappear into nets socgreen and yellow that patches of cer player within 5000 miles of the Cotton Bowl stands looked like Dallas They must have taken a pools of undulating algae But the wrong turn at some point of the Claudio Ibraim Vaz Leal Ask the journalist from Sao Paulo and the mystery only deep- So the only question left last night was will they come back soon? 1 -io'- 4' 4- -r4 7' 6 I tt k' 46' '''t lti rc:" i 1 q' kw -ki A 4A 77 4 1- 4 ''P 404 -0 :6 ('''' i f' 'i' -V 1410 tt ''V 1V 11 4 1 '1 ol Yr 41 6' i i 1 t'''' V' Ito li 'ell i i 440 :0 441 -6 io AT -0 'P 00 g- 'I! 4' 6e 11 6' 6 Le 9 '24'1 'z i 4 )4' 6 2 6 a 4-: 0A -1 so i it 44 it fil ii-: Ai: i i i :4 kivt i'' -1' I- 4- i4 I Ii it: rt A4? l' -Ht er vifr 'o :4 is: 1z4 4- 441 1 ki ki 4r '''1 A i it '4: i' I l'' lot 4): :17:: i :2 r41 tt''''''Y' 4 '1- 7''''' ie 4461734t I 1 ''i 4 I 1 1 1' 4 0 1 'li lo r---44 1 1 L- r''' 1 4 i 4 7- I' 21'- t44r-t iet: T' ''''7 s': 0( l'- -1 'i i '4' I ''4 A A AI 4N ft i 2s tok 'i t' 1 if 777" ''''1f to ci )il 'I 4 i 0 1 -ig I A "Arnow 1 (' lii ''I 4i 1 Ibi wole41 i It A gill -411 '414' I ":4 od a 1'-4 6 -t-- Aor ikt I 1 4 e4 ve! tg $VV -11- triir-- 10 'io 014040018(iiO411ravol 1 414mo 4 Best for last: With a 2-2 score late in the game overcast skies strong winds and temperatures struggling to break 80 those who said "It will be a cold day in July before Brazil loses in the World Cup" were beginning to squirm The same stadium that two weeks ago produced stifling 120- degree heat on the field yesterday concocted downright Octoberish weather It also produced one of the best games in recent World Cup history in Brazil 3 the Netherlands 2 For a World Cup run in Dallas tarnished early by a controversial security fence shabby attendance and furnacelike conditions yesterday was a positive finale "We couldn't have asked for a better game to finish on" World Cup Dallas press officer Chalese Stachowiak said "We had great weather an enthusiastic sellout and a fantastic game Everything came together to make a very memorable experience for thousands of people" Highlights: A look at some of the highlights from the Cup's six-game visit to Fair Park: Including yesterday three games sold out Dallas however was the least-attended of the nine US venues With only six people treated for minor injury yesterday the six-game total was below 100 That is far less than officials expected especially considering that 50 were treated for heat-related reasons June 27 Because of the fence or maybe in spite of it fewer than 30 arrests were made in and around the Cotton Bowl on game days Half of those came during the June 30 Argentina-Bulgaria game The Cotton Bowl proved the highest-scoring venue averaging 35 goals per game The Cup average is around 26 Dallas saw two games with five goals and none with fewer than two Envelopes please: FIFA world soccer's governing body will hand out several awards after the conclusion of the World Cup The Star-Telegram 's version of those awards for the Dallas venue's tournament within a tournament: Golden Shoe (top goal scorer): Germany's Juergen Kilnsmann He scored two in one half including a spectacular spinning left-footed volley that was the best goal of the Dallas venue Golden Ball (most valuable player): Sweden's Kennet Andersson During his team's 3-1 Sweet 16 victory over Saudi Arabia he scored two goals and assisted on the other Lev Yashin Prize (best goalie): Nigeria's Peter Rufai He made several acrobatic saves in a shutout of Bulgaria Entertainment Award (most crowd-pleasing team): Nigeria Though only here for one game the Nigerians' 3-0 victory over Bulgaria gave fans a glimpse of speed agility and enthusiasm unique to even this World Cup All-Star Team: Rufai Spain's Julio Salinas Bulgaria's Hristo Stoitchkov Nigeria's Rashidi Yekini and Emmanuel Amunike Klinsmann Andersson the Netherlands' Dennis Bergkamp and Brazil's Bebeto Romario and Branco Fair Play Trophy (most courteous team): South Korea committed few harsh fouls and never gave up rallying from 2-0 down to tie Spain and from 3-0 down to put a 3-2 scare into Germany Briefly: While Brazilian fans wore green-and-gold wigs and toted their traditional Samba drums the Dutch countered by wearing orange dresses and carrying inflatable orange hammers The pregame scene outside the Cotton Bowl had the feel of a Mardi Gras parade one that made the Super Bowl setting look like Friday night at a library Brazilian living legend Pele FIFA president Joao Havelange and Dutch Prince Friso were among yesterday's dignitaries One of the Netherlands' brightest moments came when defender Stan Valckx tackled the ball away from Brazil star forward Romario on a breakaway Val-clues feat is the parallel of stripping th'e ball from Michael J6rdan he ascends toward a dunk Associated Press past Spain goalie Andoni Zubizarreta on his way to Italy's game-winning goal in a 2-1 quarterfinal win 1 Italy 2 Spain 1 Spain 0 1-1 Italy 1 1-2 First half- 1 Italy 2 26th minute Second half 2 Spain Caminero 3 59th 3 Italy Rita-gm 388th Yellow Cards Spain Abelardo 4th Camera 20th Shots Spam 14 (Camaro 3 Nadal 2 Godioetsea 2 Fernandez 2 Mem Sainas Otero Sergi Mannez) Italy 7 (F1 8aggio3 0Baggio Conte Massaro Beni) Fouls-Spain 18 (Sergi 3 Fernandez 2 Caminero 2 Nadal 2 Martinez 2 Goikoema 2 Ferrer Alliona Otero Bakero Salinas) Italy 15(Massaro 4 Conte 3 Albenini 2 DBaggio 2 Baggio 2 Costacurta Makin) Times fouled Spain 15 (Fernandez 3 Bakem 3 Camin- ero 2 Otero 2 Nadal 2 Alkona Sergi Martinez) Italy 18 'Conte 3 Pagliuca 2 Benamvo 2 Tassom 2 RBaggio 2- Massaro 2 Berti 2 Maldini DBaggio Signori) Offside Spain 5 (Maninez 2 Camaro Sergi Nadal) haly 3 (DBaggio RBaggio Massaro) Referee PuN Hungary Linesmen-Dunster Australia Manhys Belgium A 54605 Lineups Spain Andoni Zubizarreta Albert Ferrer Abelardo Farnandez Jose Luis Carmen) Rafael Alkona Jorge Otero Sergi (Julio Sahnas 60th) Miguel Angel Nadal Luis Enrique Mannez Andom Goikoetsea Jose Maria (Fernando Marro 65011 Italy Csanluca Paglouca Mauro Tassoni Antonio Be- narrtvo Demetno Alberuni (Giuseppe Signori 46th) Ales- sandro Costacurta Paolo Malchni Antonio Come (Nicola Beni 66th) Dino Baggio Dentate Massaro Roberto Baggio Roberto Donadoni time being a living legend in South America "I'm happy at the way things turned up" said Branco "After 40 days I had not played but now I have regained the confidence of my teammates It was destiny for me to score the winning goal" Brazil 3 Netherlands 2 Nethetiands 0 2-2 Bran' 0 3-3 Fim half -No scoring Second haft 1 Brazil Romano 4 52nd minute 2 Brazil Bebeto 3 62nd 3 Netherlands Bergkamp 3 64th 4 Netherlands Winter 1 76th 5 Brazil Branco 1 81st Yellow Cards Nellwrlands Wmter 40th Wouters 89th Brazil Dunga 74th Shots -Netherlands 11 (Bergiamp 5 Koernan 2 Winter 2 Jot Wrtschc e) Brazil 15 (Branco 5 Romano 4 Bebeto 2 Donga Mauro Sara Alder Marco Santos) Fouls Netherlands 18 (Ritkaard 4 van Vossen 3 Koernan 3 Voids 2 De Boer Roy Overman Waiter Jona Bergkamp) Brant 2 Marco Samos 2 Branco 2 Dunga 2 Romano Catu Aides) Times Fouled Netherlands 11 (van Vossen 3 Bergkw mp 3 Overmars 2 Junk 2 Valcks) Brazil 18 )Branco 5 Jorginho 2 Mauro Sava 2 Dunga 2 Bebeto 2 Romano 2 Matinho Zunho MarmoSamost Offside Netherlands 3 pialcks Overstate Bergkama Brazil 6 (Romano 3 2 Jorgtnho) Referee Willa Costa Rica Linesmen-AIaanan Bahrain Farmer Iran A-63998 On the other hand the Dutch couldn't complain about the weather With a timely cool breeze "This is a team whose destiny is to suffer" Paolo Maldini said of Italy's painful advancement "The constant thing is our big heart We did not want overtime We were too tired It would have been a massacre" Spain hoping to advance to the semifinals for the first time since 1950 controlled the second half For the game the Spaniards out-shot the Italians 14-7 and Spain's goalkeeper made two saves to Italy's 12 Italy often seemed to be spinning its wheels while Spain got bolder "We had command we were the stronger team" Spanish coach Javier Clemente said "We had many opportunities to score and didn't" Several players and Advocaat got in the face of linesman Mohammed Fanael of Iran who failed to call offside "I think the linesman went blind" said Dutch defender Rob Witschge "Romario was 3 yards offside It is a terrible way to give up a second goal It's terrible to lose like this We are crushed" But instead of folding the Netherlands responded with two goals in the next 12 minutes for a 2-2 tie Star forward Dennis Bergkamp breathed life into the Dutch when he scored on a right-footed punch one minute after Bebeto's goal The Netherlands took advantage of Brazil's cautious strategy and tied the score on Aron Winter's leaping header goal from Marc Overmars' perfect corner kick Brazil had to protect its 3-2 lead for an amazing 512 minutes of injury time Such theater always produces heroes sometimes even unlikely ones In a country that boasts worldwide stars such as Pete and Ayrton Senna Branco is for the Baggio lifts Italy past Spain 2-1 For the second consecutive game a late shot by the 1993 player tithe year rescues the Auurri this time moving the team into the semifinals By LINDA ROBERTSON The Miami Herald FOXBORO Mass Beneath the ponytail Roberto Baggio has a protractor in his head He is geometry in motion How else to explain the game-saving goal he scored from an acute angle as time was running out on Italy yesterday? One more step and Baggio would have been too far to cut the ball left nicking paint off the near post it came so close to before rolling into the net Two more steps and he would have been out of bounds He could not have sliced a more precise line with a scalpel Yet he did it with his right foot which until recently had been asleep throughout this World Cup But after a 2-1 quarterfinal victory over Spain they'll want to bronze that foot in Italy For the second consecutive game Baggio rescued Italy from a trip home His goal in the 88th minute yesterday prevented overtime and thrust the Azzurri into a semifinal game Wednesday against today's Germany-Bulgaria winner Baggio scored two goals against Nigeria on Tuesday one in the 89th minute to send the round-of16 game into overtime and one on a penalty kick nine minutes into overtime to win the game His awakening ended his nine-month streak of failing to score for Italy Finally he is living up to his reputation as the 1993 player of the year The Italian media has reversed itself with headlines such as "Forza Buddha" (Let's Go Buddha) in II Manifesto and "Italy Saved by the Ponytail" in II Gior Brazil From Page 1 reira "Without a doubt this was the best most dramatic game of the tournament and we deserved to win it" Branco a defender in the lineup only because Leonardo was expelled from the tournament for his violent elbowing of the United States' Tab Ramos snaked a low left-footed shot from 35 yards between two players and off the inside of the right post to break a 2-2 tie The shot off a free kick screamed past the Dutch wall and into the penalty area where it somehow sailed between Brazil's Romario and Netherlands defender Stan Valckx The natural screen caused goalie Ed De Goej enough hesitation to not be able to reach the shot "Before the kick 1 looked up at the scoreboard and there was about 10 minutes to go" said ai ft ft ei IT in le bi PI A bi Si ie 0 cl tt 0 0 3 rv tt Fi Fl ai ai bi RI cl Pi as Roberto Baggio kicks the ball no Baggio is a Buddhist despite his mother's wish that he return to the Catholic Church "There are people who enjoy criticizing" Baggio said "I try to do everything I can down to the last drop of energy" The game seemed headed for overtime until a bad pass by Spain's Juan Antonio Goikoetma was intercepted and Giuseppe Signori sent a side volley across the field to Baggio at the semicircle As Baggio dribbled into the penalty area goalkeeper Andoni Zublzarreta charged out to narrow Baggio's angle Baggio pushed the ball to the right and leaped over the sliding Zubizarreta who seemed to have accomplished his mission because Baggio was far to the right Branco a 30-year-old who hadn't played in the Cup before yesterday "I said 'This is the just moment' and I hit it squarely It was the most important goal of my life God must have heard me because I scored" While Dallas' six-game role as Cup host ends the favored Brazilians advance to Wednesday's semifinal in the Rose Bowl against today's Sweden-Romania winner But not before a dramatic emotional second half that saw them jump to a 2-0 lead and then waste it before getting the winner from the most unlikely of feet After a first half that had viewers bored from Roanoake to Rotterdam to Rio de Janeiro the second half was filled with passionate continuous end-to-end action that had longtime Cup observers ranking it among the all-time great halves of international football "This was a game that had all the elements football should contain strange calls tension" said Dutch coach Dick Advocaat and only 5 yards from the end line "Zubi closed the door and I had to move away" Baggio said "It was difficult to find the right spot" But Baggio kicked the ball at the last possible second with Zubizarreta stranded in no-man's land and defender Abe lardo sliding too late fora deflection "If Baggio keeps playing like this he will change 'Cesarini's Zone' into 'Baggio's Zone' Italian coach Arrigo Sacchi said referring to the term for Renato Cesarini who had a penchant for scoring last-minute goals in the 1930s As Baggio blew kisses to the crowd at Foxboro Stadium on a hazy steamy New England afternoon the Spanish players sank to their knees heads drooping whose team prospered from unexpected temperatures in the low 80s "This game had it all The spectators had quite a game to watch Both teams played well but the most lucky team won the game" It took 21 minutes for the first shot on goal After intermission however there were four goals in a 24-minute span Brazil went up 1-0 when Romario finally escaped Valckx's harassing shadow in the game's 52nd minute After Aldair sent a long pass to Bebeto on the left wing Romario got in front of Valckx and sent Bebeto's crossing pass into the right corner of the goal via a short-hop right-footed poke Brazil abandoning its slow build-up strategy for European-like long passes took a controversial 2-0 lead 10 minutes later when Bebeto got behind the Dutch defense and sidestepped De Goej for an uncontested tap-in goal The Dutch said Romario was offside before Bebeto received the ball Lineups Nethedands de Goey Stan Vakkx Ronald Koeman Frank Rakaard (Ronald de Boer 65th) Rob rove Jot Wouters Wtm Joni Aron Wolter Peter van Vossen (Bryan Roy 56th) Dorm Batgkamp Marc Overmars Brazil Tatfarei Jorgonho Aldatr Marco Santos Branco (Cato extra Cone second half) MANE) Silva Mannito (Ral 8 lst) Zinho Beim Romano I t' 4 17' z' t' 12 ft.