European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 6,1990 the stars and stripes a Page 23 world cup �?T90it�?Ts Showtime International style by Tom Cohen Rome apr finally its time to play soccer. The stadiums been blessed police deployed roads constructed and computers linked. All that remains is for the players to take the Field to begin the 14th world cup championship. A we want to make sure that the spectators realize this is a party a festival a said Joao Havelange president of the International soccer federation fifa. Like previous tournaments this years will feature dramatic matches and Brilliant individual performances. Also looming is the Specter of fan violence and the inevitable controversy fuelled by nationalist Fervour. A goal scored off the hand of Argentine Captain Diego Maradona against England dominates memories of the last championship four years ago in Mexico. Argentina went on to win the world cup and As defending Champion opens this years tournament Friday against Cameroon in Milan. For the second time in the 60 years of the world cup Italy is Host. Much has changed since 1934, when Italy last staged the championship. Sixteen squads participated in what was the second Ever final with the italians defeating Czechoslovakia 2-1 in the championship match. This year 24 squads begin the Competition in 12 cities. Sixteen Advance to a second round followed by quarterfinals semifinals and the july 8 championship match. There Are a total of 52 matches Over the 31 Days. More than 80,000 people will pack Rome a refurbished olympic stadium for the finale with perhaps 1 billion More watching the satellite beamed television broadcast to 148 countries. At least 2,000 journalists will use computer and information systems in Media centers and stadiums to report on the Touma a lumbering limbs Mike Windischmann Captain of the United in preparation for the 1990 world cup. The states soccer team does warmups monday with . Has its first game sunday against Czecho teammates on their first Day of training in Italy Slovakia in Florence. Ment. Security forces have advanced video surveillance equipment set up in and around the stadiums to keep track of English and dutch soccer hooligans. On the Field results Are expected to follow a familiar pattern. The Host team boosted by vociferous followers is considered a favorite. Brazil West Germany the Netherlands and Argentina Are other top contenders. Italy and Brazil will try to become the first four time cup winners while Argentina Uruguay and West Germany aim for a third title. England is the Only other cup Winner. Teams from 110 nations competed for a berth in the final phase playing 312 matches that featured 732 goals and the usual qualifying controversy. Brazil became the Only country to qualify for All 14 finals when fifa awarded it a forfeit Victory Over Chile. In the match last september with Brazil leading 1-0, chilean goalie Roberto Rojas claimed he was injured by a flare thrown from the stands of Maraca a stadium in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. The chilean squad left the Field resulting in the forfeiture. Fifa later ruled Rojas faked the injury and banned him from International Competition for life while formally sanctioning the forfeit. It also banned Chile from competing for the 1994 world cup. The United states which As Host country gets an automatic berth in 1994, qualified by capturing a must win contest against Trinidad and Tobago. A two year ban on Mexico for using overage players in an under-20 tournament cleared the path for the americans first berth since 1950. For the drawing last december of first round opponents England was seeded atop one of the groups even though Spain was widely regarded As More deserving. By seeding England in group of organizers Hope to isolate feared British hooligans on the Island of Sardinia where the britons play All three first round matches. An extra 3,200 police have been deployed on Sardinia to maintain order. The greatest concern is the England Netherlands first round match june 16 in Cagliari As both teams attract Hooligan followers. Italy has been planning for the tournament since 1984, when fifa chose it As Host. The government has spent an estimated $5.8 billion to prepare 12 stadiums roads airports telecommunications and other infrastructure. A new train linking Leonardo a Vinci Airport to downtown Rome began operating last week to shuttle world cup visitors. Pope John Paul ii has blessed the olympic stadium and police and soldiers dressed in Crisp uniforms Are a visible presence. Posters and signs bearing the likeness of a Ciao a the Tri color stick figure tournament Mascot seem to be everywhere. Taxi Drivers argue the strengths of cup contenders and curse traffic jams caused by Breakneck tournament construction projects and the barrage of journalists and soccer fans. One italian news weekly published a nine Page article titled a flee the world cup that suggested ways to avoid the tournament. Other criticism of the chaos has been More severe. Posters near the Rome press Center attack the construction Rush that resulted in the deaths of at least 24 workers. Referring to the soccer tournament the posters read a the first squad has already been  after Friday though people Likely will concentrate on Only one subject a soccer. A was soon As the cup begins Rome and the rest of Italy will be excited Mark my words a policeman Orazio Mal Buono said. A we always complain but this is the world cup after  to expel intentional Foules Rome apr the world soccer federation on monday ordered referees to expel any player who commits an intentional foul to keep an opponent from scoring on a breakaway. The new Rule was one of five issued by fifa in an apparent Effort to clean up the style of play in time for the monthlong world cup championship. The five new rules take effect immediately and also Are part of the soccer federations attempt to reverse a trend of Low scoring  considering that the world cup is virtually the showcase of International football fifa insists that the directives. Are implemented a the soccer federation said in a statement issued in Rome. The four other new rules Are aimed at speeding up play making sure players Are a respectably dressed and keeping players from celebrating too much after scoring. Fifa said it was issuing the new directives a to Deal effectively with certain unlawful practices which harm our sport and undermine the spirit of fair play.�?�. The toughest new Rule says a if a player who is heading straight for the opponents goal without anything in his Way and with an obvious Chance of scoring a goal is stopped in his tracks by unlawful Means being held Back by his shirt or Arm either by the goalkeeper or another opponent the referee will interpret the infringement As a serious foul. He will therefore Send the offending player  no action on Butcher attack Cagliari Italy apr England manager Bobby Robson said monday no action will be taken against Cen Terback Terry Butcher accused by a tunisian opponent of a head butting attack. Butcher was shown the yellow card after saturdays incident in the 1-1 tie in Tunis. Angry tunisians surrounded the tall Cen Terback with their colleague Fathio lying on the ground. Shortly afterwards Robson took Butcher off the Field and the defender who has played 72 full internationals took off his shirt and threw it to the ground. Some English press reports suggested that if the head butting incident were True Butcher should be hauled before England a football association for banging the game into disrepute. But the England manager preparing his Side for its first world cup game on saturday said he did not see the  brits jailed after inn rampage Cagliari Sardinia apr three English soccer fans received 20-Day jail sentences monday on damage and theft charges in the first cases involving suspected hooligans at the world cup. The sardinian court also fined the three 200,000 italian lire $ 160 each. Judge Licinia Serra issued no expulsion orders for the three who still could face deportation after completing their sentences. All three will be in jail when England plays its first round matches against Ireland the Netherlands and Egypt. The fans were identified As Lee Forster 25, from Telford Central England Andrew Brockway 25, of Northampton also in Central England and Robert Neill 21, also of Northampton. They were charged with damaging a bedside table tap and Wash Basin and stealing three sheets from a lodging House in Cagliari the Vittoria inn. According to Laws recently introduced by the British government the convictions mean they can be prevented from travelling when England plays abroad. The three were arrested sunday and spent the night in custody. They were interviewed by British Consul officials and said they were unable to pay the $800 compensation requested by the Vittorian a owner Luigi Palmas. British vice Consul Michael Burgoyne said monday that prosecutor Lucia Moi would Only consider a suspended sentence if they paid damages