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Page 12 Friday, July 9, 1982 The Michigan Daily
Two left in
Italians advance
with win over Poland
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Paolo
Rossi scored two goals yesterday and
led Italy to a 2-0 victory over Poland at
Barcelona and a place in the 12th final
of the World Cup soccer tournament.
West Germany defeated France 5-
4, yesterday at Seville. Yesterday
marked the first all-European semi-
finals in 16 years.
ITALY AND West Germany will
meet Sunday in Madrid for the cham-
pionship. Poland and France tomorrow
inAlicante.
Rost, who scored all three goals in
Italy's upset 3-2 win over tournament
favorite Brazil, became top scorer im
the tourney with five.
He put his firstwinner past goalkeeper
Jozef Mlynarcyz in the 22nd minute
when a free kick from the Giancarlo An--
tognoni eluded thePolish defenders and
fell at his feet. It stood for the Italians'
1-0 halftime lead.
IN THE 73rd minute he head-
ded his second. Again the
Polish defense misjudged a high ball,
this time a cross from Bruno Conti, and
Mlynarcyz had left his goal unguarded
as Rossi nodded the ball in.
The 25-year-old striker of Juventus
neared the clmax of his story-book
comeback. He was banned from socer
for two years following a bribery scan-
dal and started playing again three
months ago.
Earlier in the tournament, Italy
eliminated defending champion Argen-
tina.
ITALY, TWICE winner of the World
Cup in 1934 and 1938, reached the final
for the fourth time. The last time was in
1970, when Brazil triumphed 4-1.
The West Germans hae won the soc-
cer title in 1954 and 1974. Brazil was the
only team to win three, in 1958, 1962,
and 1970. France's best finish was third
in 1958, matched by Poland in 1974.
Cupchase
West Germany rallies
to oust France, 5-4
SEVILLE, Spain (AP) - West Ger- In the first part of the penalty kicking
many fought back from a 3-1 deficit in period, which followed the overtime,
overtime, then beat France in sudden- each team was awarded five kicks.
death on penalty kicks yesterday: to WHEN FRANCE, which started
advance to the final of the World Cup kicking first, led 3-2, Ulrich Stielike
soccer tournament. missed for Germany.
The West Germans will meet Italy Didier Six then missed for France,
Sunday for the title. giving Germany another opportunity to
THE OFFICIAL score of the West tie the score.
Germany-France game was a 3-3 draw Germany then tied it 3-3, and the last
in overtime. The two teams played to a kickers for each team connected
4-4 draw in kicks, then West Germany making it 4-4.
beat France 5-4 in sudden-death on IN THE sudden-death period, Ger-
kicks. man goalkeeper Harald Schumacher
The penalty kicking between West dived to his right, saving a shot by
Germany and France was unpreceden- Maxime Bosis, the first atempt by
ted in the World Cup. France.
FRANCE AND West Germany were Horst Hrupesch then slammed home
tied 1-1 at halftime and the score was a kick for Germany for the winning 5-4
the same at the end of the regulation 90 margin.
minutes. The West Germans, two-time World
In the 30-minute overtime, France Cup winners, appeared to be hopelessly
scored two quick goals to lead 3-1, but out of it when they trailed by two goals
the Germans fought back and tied it with only 17 minutes remaining in over-
again, at 3-3. time.
BUT THE Germans, unbeaten by a
European team for more than four years,
ralliedto score twice.
In one of the most exciting matches in
the history of the World Cup, the Ger-
mans took a 1-0 lead after only 18
minutes of regulation time when Pierre
Littbarski steering home a low drive af-
ter French goalkeeper Jean-Luc Ettori
blocked a shot by Paul Breitner.
The French tied the score in the 28th
minute when captain Michel Platini
socred on a penalty kick.
AT 2:10 OF the overtime period,
Marius Tresor put the French ahead
with an acrobatic shot from a free kick
taken by Alain Giresse.
Seven minutes later, Giresse gave
France a 3-1 lead with a long shot that
rocketed into the net off a post.
But the Germans battled back. In the
13th minute of overtime, substitute
Karl-Heinz Rummeningge, who had not
AP Photo started because of a thigh injury,
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ITALY'S GABRIELE ORIALI (1) and Mario Tardelli lean over to embrace Carl
second goal in yesterday's World Cup semifinal against Poland.
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range.
Cup fans
ealmer
than
usual
SEVILLE, Spain (AP)- When winery worker Eric Fon-
taine drove from his home in southern France to Sanchez
Pizjuan Stadium, he expected to pay scalper prices for a
ticket to yesterday's World Cup semifinal match between the
French and West Germans.
Instead, he strolled up to the near-deserted ticket window
the morning of the match and had a choice of seats.
"I THOUGHT it would be sold out, and I was prepared to
buy a ticket on the outside," Fontaine said. "I was sur-
prised."
The knots of flag-waving soccer fans raiding sidewalk
cafes arrived just hours before the match, many driving
from European countries, others buying expensive packaged
tours and some blending a passion for soccer with vacations
along the Mediterranean coast, about 250 kilometers from
here.
Bernd Hentrich of Hannover, West Germany took his
family to a campground near the resort town of Malaga.
"WE DROVE here, and this is the only game we are
seeing. We arrived this morning and bought all our tickets at
the stadium," Hentrich said.
While many fans were pleased with the availability of
tickets, hotel rooms and restaurant tables, others were
disappointed by the almost total lack of World Cup fever.
Scott Woodson and Guy Rutland, each 18, spent about
$2,000 each on all-inclusive package tours from their
hometown of Atlanta, for the final, semifinal and second-
round games.
Three hours before the match, the teen-agers sat languidly
on the curb of the stadium parking lot, watching security
police mount horses and frustrated souvenir vendors try to
unload trinkets and caps to a disinterested crowd.
"I expected it to be a little wilder," Woodson said. "I read
in the papers about the English fan being stabbed in Madrid,
but I didn't see anything like that. It's been quiet."
"WE REALLY wanted to see the Brazilians play today. All
the good teams are out," said Rutland, who was stunned
when the heavily favored Brazilians were bumped from the
tournament this week after a 3-2 second-round loss to Italy.
Vendors reported that German visor-caps, selling for 300
pesetas ($3) were selling faster than the French souvenirs,
but all said that business was slow. A cap vendor reported
that as of a few hours before the match, she had sold only 20
hats, while a Toledo Vendor hawking ribbons in team colors
admitted he had cut his asking price from 100 pesetas to 50.