European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Goalie Meola hard As nails saturday june 9,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 23 by Rusty Bryan staff writer Sirrenia Italy a it was about 48 hours from official Nail biting time but Ever aggressive Tony Meola had predictably jumped the gun. A a in be got no nails left a the probable a Tarter in goal at 5 . Sunday when the . Opens against Czechoslovakia said at training Camp Friday. A and i must have gone through a Cou Nile of thousand toothpicks a he said As he reached into the pocket of his warmups for a fresh one. _ # obviously the enormity of the situation in which the 20-year-old who last year was leading the University of Virginia to the Mcaa championship finds himself has soaked in. But that Sok with Meola. A i think this is the kind of situation the american athlete strives for a to compete against the worlds Best a he said. A the takes that nervousness and generates it into a positive performance on the field.�?�. That a certainly what Meola turned m Friday. A a we be just got to go out sunday and get it done a he said. A a there a not a Guy on this team who does no to think we can do it. I be Here if we had a Guy who thought we . Id be about 240 and sitting at the Beach with a Beer in my hand. I have busted my backside the last sue months if i did no to think we could do and Meola intends to do it his Way. A a in a going to play the same game that got me Here. My game Isnit sitting Back on my line. In be got to be a bit of film study Only hardens Meo Las resolve to follow his instincts. A a in be noticed from the highlight films of past world cups that a lot of the keepers get very tentative at first and give up goals they have ordinarily. Once they get a couple of games under their belts they revert to their Normal style. A avoiding that is something in be worked even so there Are some distractions for the son of a former italian professional player who emigrated to new Jersey. Meola expects 35-40 members of his family in the stands sunday in Florence. A considering my background its hard for me to concentrate on Czechoslovakia with Italy looming As foe no. 2 for the americans. A but Joe . Goalkeeper coach Machnik has been helping me with the idiosyncrasies of the czech those idiosyncrasies include a couple of goalkeepers nightmares. A this Guy Lubos Kubik can really whack it a Meola said of the former defector who plays his Home games in the same stadium the teams will use sunday night. A a he a really dangerous on free kicks. I follow the italian league and he a scored five or six goals on free kicks. We just can to give up any penalties close to the Box. A a Tomas Skuhravy of Sparta Prague is also Tough. Hell turn and crack it from anywhere so we be got to be ready that is with athleticism and aggressiveness. A i done to think a said Meola a a they be played against Many keepers who play my style. A a it a a psychological thing. If a Guy has to worry about a keeper who a right behind him when he a 35 Yards from the goal line he has to adjust his game. There Are Only a couple who play like that. In a not putting myself in the class of a Guy like Hans Vanbreukelen of Holland but that a my style. A we saw films of the Yugoslavia game and Vanbreukelen came roaring out against a breakaway. He weighs about 220, and the Guy wanted no part of that. He lost the Ball How often does that happen to the yugoslavs a a that a the style i like a somewhere Between Complete abandon and 100 Miles an hour with the control is what a important. A i think my decision making was the deciding Factor in my getting the Start in the qualifying games a said Meola. A lately in be been doing pretty Well at boxing crosses which forces the other team to play them farther out from the goal. That Means a Guy might get a 12-Yard header instead of a 6-Yard and that longer header might come against some of the worlds More athletic keepers. A i think through the College level amps Scott a. Miller probable starter Tony Meola. From Virginia to world cup until the time there a no professional league to go to our keepers Are the Best in the world a said Meola. A a Here a a Guy like Kasey Keller who a 20 years old and can earn a living at the highest Levels of the sport. I had a workout with Sheffield wednesday of the English league and they asked More questions about Kasey than they did me. A still though How the team does in the cup will decide How Many players get signed in Europe. It sounds crazy to say that three games will determine All these Guys futures but that a the Way it is.�?�. Add that to the pressure of being the last line of defense in a game where giving up a single score often puts a team in serious jeopardy and you have an explanation for Meola a ragged manicure. But its not As bad As it might be. A a there a not As much pressure As there used to be because we re playing a More attacking style a he said. A against Switzerland a 2-1 loss june 2 we had seven legitimate scoring chances. That a More chances than we created in the first three months of our run up to the cup. A sure we lost but that a because we tried something new in the second half. Instead of our usual pressure defense we played Back and let them play the Ball a against the czechs that might be a style that a hard on everyone a May not get opener by Rob Staggenborg staff writer soccer fans tuning into Afna a world cup match Between the . And Czechoslovakia at 5 . Sunday might see an alien Furnall instead of a soccer Ball. According to col. Bruce Eaton the networks commanding officer a problem with obtaining International rights for the .�?Ts first world cup game in More than 40 years May Force the network to broadcast a a Alt and a Beauty and the beast in its place. A right now we do not have a firm clearance to broadcast the game a Eaton said from his Frankfurt office late Friday afternoon. A there is a Remote Chance we will get clearance for sundays the problem arose Early Friday morning when Afna a Parent Programmer the armed forces radio and television service had not received a proper International clearance to broadcast the game on an. Turner network television owns the . Rights to the game and will feed arts with the signal according to arts Industry Liaison officer Dorothy Mcadams. Arts however cannot feed an until clearances have been obtained at different Levels including the european broadcast Union and fifa soccer a governing body. A a it a not a no yet a Mcadams said. A everything has been faxed phone Calls Are being made. We re going up to the wire to get the Germany is the Only country affected by the possible blackout Eaton said. Clearances have been obtained for Spain and Italy. Germany a second program Adf will broadcast the game at 5 . Sunday. Afro so a los Angeles office was working to obtain approval Friday to feed an with the signal Eaton said. A if we broadcast the event without proper clearances it could jeopardize Afna a right to use future events a he explained. The americans second game of the world cup pits them against favored Italy thursday. Eaton said there remains a a Good Chance Well broadcast the game a the stars and stripes an listings were changed to reflect a possible cancellation of sundays game. The sunday magazines to plus Section could not be changed in time because of printing deadlines. Agassi Gomez in final Andre Agassi beats Jonas Svensson 6-1,6-4,3-6,6-3. Paris apr Andre Agassi and Andres Gomez made it to the final of the French open Friday setting up a Battle of brashness versus desire. Agassi the no. 3 seed beat unseeded Jonas Svensson of Sweden 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in a match delayed at the Start and interrupted by rain in the second game. Gomez of Ecuador ignited by a run of seven games swept Austria a Thomas Muster 7-5, 6-1, 7-5 in the other semifinal. The tournament continues saturday with the women a final pitting Steffi Graf against Monica Seles. Sundays menus title match will be the first grand slam final for the 20-year-old Agassi and 30-year-old Gomez who is seeded fourth. They have split four matches with Agassi winning the most recent in the third round at key Biscayne fla., in March in three sets. Agassi had no trouble with Svensson at the Start racing to a 3-0 Lead with brutal forehand and precise passing shots. _. Svensson held serve for the Only time in the first set in the fourth game then Agassi finished out the set 6-3. He raced to a 4-0 Lead in the second with overpowering ease. Svensson closed to 5-4, but Agassi still had too much and went up two sets with a 6-4 win. In the third set Agassi went up a break and appeared to be headed to an easy Victory. But Svensson refused to fold and took five of the next seven games to Force the match into a fourth set. But Agassi came Back and went up 3-0. Svensson French open again came Back to close to 4-3. However in the eighth game Svensson made a pair of backhand errors to give Agassi a Chance to break. Svensson attempted a serve and Volley but popped the Ball Long to have Agassi serve for the match. Agassi controlled the game getting a match Point when Svensson hit a service return Long. The match ended when Agassi came in behind his serve and drilled a forehand into the Corner. Gomez has won two Clay court titles this Spring in Barcelona and Madrid. Muster has captured three tournaments including the italian open where he beat Gomez in the semifinals. A when we came off the court in Rome i knew i Hadnot played my game a Gomez said. �?o1 Wasny to going to lose twice to the same Guy. I just put pressure on him All the in this grand slam semifinal the tables were turned after Gomez had a hot run that swung the match in his favor after 5-5 in the first set. Gomez went ahead 6-5, taking his service at love. Then he quickly took three Points on musters service behind two deep approach shots in the Corner that Muster handle. After Muster fought off one set Point another deep forehand in the Corner handcuffed Muster again. The austrian sent it Long to give Gomez the set 7-5
