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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 17, 1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 23 world cup �?T90 making cents of soccer by Rusty Bryan staff writer Sirrenia Italy a although the members of the . Soccer team have vet to win a game in italia �?T90, they have collected something they value a bar gaining chips to use in negotiations with the United states soccer federation. Because they now have that rarest of International soccer commodities world cup experience and that rarest of american soccer commodities marquee value these players expect to be heard when the time comes to form another National team. A hearing would be an abrupt turnaround from last december when these players were offered less than princely take it or leave it deals from the federation. A if we had turned them Down they would have brought in the under-14 team a said Forward Bruce Murray. A a it a almost e a game with them a to see How much they can suppress the  to justify the Low offers the Usuf pleaded near bankruptcy. A give me a break a Murray said. A in 1994 they automatically get the world cup. The italian federation made a profit of $40-60 million from this one. A sure they might be Low on Cash but what Bank a going to turn them Down when they have a Gold mine coming four years Down the Road a the aftertaste from the federations Low Ball hardball contract style has left this team thinking about leverage for the next time. A the experience of just the last two games More than anything else puts us Way ahead of the people at Home a midfielder Tab Ramos said. A we have played at the highest level possible. For sure no one at Home has Ever played in a game where there a so much pressure. We re Miles  feeling the pressure now is the federation which will have to Deal with personalities rather than commodities next time around. A people have to realize what sat stake in �?T94,�?� Murray said. A a we be got to be careful. We need professional representation not just individual agents. A a in a not being greedy. We just want a piece of the pie a profit sharing. The Money a there. A lot of Guys have Given up a lot to do  in dollars and cents Many of them Haven to received All that much partic Brazil tops Costa Rica advances Turin Italy Iff Italy a Riccardo Ferri Heads into Peter Vermes during thursday nights 1-0 us. Loss. Ulary when compared to the salaries their cup opponents command. A we get $75 a Day per diem a Reserve goalkeeper David Vanole said. A a that a big time for me. I spent four years in the unemployment  Vanole had time to savor the irony of the disparity in salary thursday night. A a Here a John Doyle covering Andrea came Vale a Vanole said. A came Vale makes a million dollars a year and Doyle a the better  Vanole is the Only player who did no to accept the us Sis Standard offer of a contract for 1990 with an option for �?T91. For his objection he was dropped from the squad and Only reinstated late in the cup run up. A to be honest that Hurt me a Vanole said. A i think i would have been Able to compete for the starters Job better had i been Here the whole  that a the Price of non conformity and Murray realizes it too. A a in be always known i have to keep playing Well or  get rid of me because in a so outspoken a Murray said. A but i believe you have to stand up for your  Murray was careful to stress that none of this has affected things on the playing Field or the preparation for another do or die tuesday against Austria. A there Are no disputes right now a Murray said. A we just lost that one a Ramos said of the contract process. A a you re not going to win every  throw ins a saturdays open session was the first workout for the . Since the Italy game. The players spent Friday returning from Rome and attending the Austria Czechoslovakia game in Florence. Although the . Is technically alive for a second round berth a lot will have to break just right. A Tab is the a league commissioner a a Murray said in discussing the teams prospects. A the has charts and printouts All Over the Wall of his room showing what would have to happen. A we need for Costa Rica to get hammered Scotland to get hammered and Colombia to get  most of All the . Has to win preferably by two or three goals. Murray sees that As Challenge enough. A was a player a Murray said a i know exactly what s going through the Austri ans minds a a we re 0-2 and All we have to do is beat the americans and we re in the second  they re going to come out breathing  up a three time Champion Brazil saturday strolled to a 10 group c Victory Over first time qualifier Costa Rica to reach the second round knockout stage of the world cup. The 57,007 fans who expected a scoring spree where disappointed. The South american soccer giants garnered their Only goal in the 33rd minute when Muller turned in a Beautiful shot from inside the Box that deflected off Costa rican can Terback Mauricio Montero into the net. A dogged defense and inspired goal keeping by Gabela Conejo prevented the brazilians adding to the scoreline. Brazilian coach Sebastiao Lazaroni was disappointed with his teams finishing but had Praise for Conejo. A we had a lot opportunities for goals but unfortunately the attackers did no to come through. The Costa rican goalkeeper played a great match. He did no to let us score a Lazaroni said. Velibor Milutinovic Costa Ricas yugoslav coach said a this was an important game because we played against one of the favourites. The result was acceptable. We still have a Chance to qualify for the second round. A we played with More Confidence the first game but we were More nervous this time. We were Well aware of the experience of the brazilians. We can to feel too bad. They had a lot of  both teams came into saturdays game on the Back of victories the brazilians having Defeated Sweden 2-1 and Costa Rica upsetting Scotland 1-0. Brazil was m command from the Start maintaining unrelenting pressure on the Costa rican defense with near goal shots being fired virtually without respite. The brazilians almost went ahead in the first minute with a pounding Volley by midfielder Alemao from the Edge of the Costa rican Box which went inches wide. Seconds later Costa Ricas midfielder Roger Gomez almost Sank his team when a clearance header barely rebounded off the Costa rican crossbar. Costa Ricas Claudio Jara received the games first yellow card after protesting a free kick to Brazil in the 16th minute while Gomez was booked in the 60th for a foul. In the 88th minute brazilian defender Jorgino was booked and a minute later fellow defender Mozer received brazils second yellow card. Brazil was noticeably More relaxed than in its opening game against Sweden with strikers Areca and Muller receiving plenty of support from Wing defenders Jorgino on the right and Branco on the left. Costa Rica rarely Progress beyond the Halfway line and for most of the game kept Only Jara up front. Police is. English fans in War of the world Cagliari Sardinia apr police used tear Gas saturday to disperse a group of about 1,000 English world cup soccer fans who charged a police Security cordon during a March from the City Center to Santa Elia stadium. British embassy spokeswoman Kay Coombs confirmed the disturbance along the route to the stadium but said she could not give details about the incident. About 50 police officers blocked a Road leading to the stadium to try to Stop or control the March As it moved past a group of dutch fans about a half mile a rom the stadium. An associated press photographer who witnessed j the incident said the English fans stormed the police cordon forcing authorities to summon reinforcements and use tear Gas. Police chased fleeing fans Down Sid streets. It was not immediately known if there were any arrests or injuries. Earlier saturday dutch and English fans mingled peacefully in the City Center. But police said they feared there could be brawls when soccer a most notorious rowdies confronted each other at the England Netherlands world cup match. Overnight Small groups of English and sardinian toughs taunted and jeered each other along the City a waterfront. Blue helmeted police some wielding nightsticks intervened quickly to end a few scuffles and outbreaks of bottle throwing. After quelling the disturbances police officers told reporters they feared More trouble saturday night in controlling the English and dutch supporters. A some of the fans tried to cause some trouble but there were few problems a a police commander said before the Early evening incident with the English fans. A it will be worse after the  Italy has sent 3,200 police reinforcements to Sardinia raising the number of forces on duty to about 4,000. Thousands of dutch fans arrived in Cagliari on ferries and charter flights saturday. Dutch police spokesman Lex Mellink said there could be As Many As 10.000 in the City by game time. English officials estimated there would be 6,000 to 7.000 English supporters in Cagliari. They said the number of potential dutch and English troublemakers could be in the hundreds. Bare chested tattooed English fans wearing Union Jack shorts had peacefully walked the streets saturday afternoon with Orange Clad dutch fans including some with painted faces and Orange wigs. Along the waterfront where the English and italians scuffled Early saturday English and dutch fans sat at adjoining tables in sidewalk cafes sipping soft drinks and Reading sports pages. A ban on the Sale of alcoholic drinks was in effect saturday to try to prevent rowdiness  
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