European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 11,1990 the stars and stripes a Asp Page 21czechs Humble . 5-1 by Rusty Bryan staff writer Florence Italy a it was a grand Day for the red White and Blue. The land of the free opened its world 5 �?T90 run with an impressive Victory sunday. Unfortunately though it was three cheers for the d White and Blue of new democracy Czechoslovakia which posted a 5-1 rout of an out manned . Squad. The czechs got two scores from Tomas Skuhravy and one each from Captain Ivo hasek Michal Bilek a and substitute Milan la Haryu in handing the . Its worst world cup loss since a 7-1 thrashing at the hands of Italy in 1934. Obviously its going to take More than 90 minutes of soccer to Knock 40 years of rust off the . World cup Effort. Compounding the debacle the . Collected a Trio of yellow cards to go with the red one awarded Forward Eric Wynalda who was ejected for pushing Lubomir Moravcik on a throw in. Moravcik ended up on his face and Wynalda in the showers. A no. 11 stepped on his feet and Eric gave him a shove a . Coach Bob Gansler said after the game. Quot As is often the Case the second foul was seen and the first foul  Wynalda a ejection did Little to help a team that already looked As though it were playing a Man Short. The czechs spent the last 75 minutes of the game running wide open against beleaguered goalkeeper Tony Meola. Meola himself Drew a yellow card for batting the Ball off the penalty Post before the czechs first penalty kick. Meola was furious Over the Call from Swiss referee Kurt Rothlisberge who assessed the foul on Mike Windischmann Over whom czech attacker hasek tripped after the american had cleared a dangerous Cross. Overall the performance did Little to rebut critics who say the . Lacks the technique to play with european teams. A the . Looked unorganized on defense a said a trying to be charitable czech coach Jozef Venlos afterwards. That Charity even extended to the czech players of whom hasek tried a soft Chip on the second penalty kick assessed against the . Meola held it easily. The czechs led 4-1 at the time. Despite the rout team Usas Paul Caligiuri who scored his teams Only goal Wasny to hanging his head. A anytime you play for your country you re going to of proud. We wanted to come out and play attractive soccer and we did that the first 25  after that though things deteriorated. T think our inexperience showed in several areas a Zansler said. A we gave up a couple of soft goals but we have the determination to regroup and do  the game opened fittingly enough after a nearby a f form threatened to bedraggled the plumage of a Oana of drummers and trumpeters dressed in Renaissance costumes who provided the pregame show. A of use my Ter a it a fast . Appearance in . A a was an antediluvian event so far cd that while it might have been after the age of the Cis it was before the age of Rock and Roll. Ages soccer was at ast emerging from the dark a a Tairu survivors from Czechoslovakia a dark s. Lubos Kubik and Ivo Knoflicek answered the world cup 1990 Frantisek Straka right Muscles past .�?Ts Peter Vermes in Czechoslovakia a 5-1 Victory in world cup opener. Pre game speculation about where the former defectors fit into the new democracy a a line up. They started. And they did it with a bang working together to exploit the left Side of the . Defense to create three chances that big saves by Meola kept out of the net. Meola came up big on a try by Michal Bilek in the 10th minute when the czech midfielder found himself unmarked in the . Penalty area. After that came the 15 minutes that the . Could easily have waited another 40 years for. Defender John Stollmeyer looking to Clear amidst the Ever increasing czech pressure tripped As he passed and put the Ball right in front of a charging Lubomir Moravcik who passed his gift along to Tomas so Rohavy at the Edge of the penalty area. Sukru Havy beat the out manned Meola to the right at the 25-minute Mark. The score which had been brewing since the czechs began to apply serious pressure from about the 15th minute on seemed to unhinged the american attack which had produced some promising Early chances. The Best of those came from a set play in the ninth minute. Caligiuri curled a Crisp pass into the penalty area onto the foot of Peter Vermes. Vermes turned and fired but his grass hugging Thunderbolt curled just outside the far Post. At 24 minutes the . Bid to take the Lead on another set play but Caligiuri a free kick was just heeled away at the last minute As it was about to find a wide open Bruce Murray. Then it was All Czechoslovakia. Bilek hit the penalty kick in the 39lh minute for a 20 halftime Lead that would have been More if not for Meola. The czechs opened the second half with continued pressure forcing Meola to dive at the feet to Rob Skuhravy at the 52-minute Mark. Seconds later Meola had to extend in an All out five on Moravcik a drive from the right Side of the penalty area. On the subsequent Comer kick though hasek headed in the czechs third score. At the 60-minute Mark Caligiuri got one Back As he took a Murray pass wide of the defense beat Jan Kocian Drew out goalie Jan Ste ska As he entered the penalty area dabbled around the czech keeper and pushed his shot under a sliding Miroslav Kadlec. That was it for the ., As constant czech counterattacks succeeded with a header from Skuhravy on a Comer made it 4-1 and Luhovy finished up a Nice 3-on-1 break with tally no. 5. The loss drops the . To the Bottom of the group a standings with a minus four goal difference behind Austria a minus one. Next up is pre Toumey favorite Italy thursday night in  scores late edges Austria 1 of utes no not a seventy eight nun warded a in see as8ressiye soccer were re on saturday night for the Home Austria issued a consumer warning earlier in the week when its coach Josef hic Kersberger said a a we re not that Strong that we can go for a win against Italy in a stadium crammed with 80,000 partisan  for a tie is a Normal tactic for an in the three games of the first ties can often be beat1 Anco a the unit by scored a goal to Gameos Ippu the italians first Gam of the world cup finals. Substitute a Illaci who was inserted As a going 1 in a 2 y minutes earlier headed underdog m the three a the cd e8,Pas? from Gianluca Villi for round since a couple of ties can often ners and off thousands of ban enough to qualify for the second round out the re. Fjan style wave through therefore it was up to Italy to provide ated olympic stadium. The soccer and it did. Azeglio Vicini in his first world cup As National coach had Italy playing open positive patterns. Austria moved up its defenders forcing Italy into being offside nine times. But to their credit the italians kept trying to slip through. Andrea came Vale wore himself out hurtling the defences and at 74 minutes Vicini replaced him with Schillaci a 25-year-old sicilian who made the rare leap from division b to Star for Juventud last season and then made the National team. After the game Villi and Vicini said Schillaci had been the instrument of a cohesive attack. Villi who had been nursing a leg injury said a we showed we can do Good things regardless of the  sports radio baseball a new York mets at Chicago cubs 2 . Tuesday